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April 11, 2011 5:08 am
Traditional Land Owners Want Mining Stopped at Ranger Uranium Mine, Azo Mining, By Joel Scanlon, 11 April 11, The Ranger uranium mine has been mining on a lease inside the Kakadu National Park for 30 years. Now following the Japanese Fukushima nuclear fiasco the traditional land owners say that they do not want uranium mining to continue on their land. The Mirarr people want the Jabiluka uranium deposit to not be mined and included into the national park protection area……Production at the Ranger mine is currently suspended due to persistent water management problems. The heavy rains are posing
greater environmental risk. On Thursday the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation said that more than 10 million liters of contaminated water was present on the Ranger site…..Traditional Land Owners Want Mining Stopped at Ranger Uranium Mine
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Traditional Land Owners Want Mining Stopped at Ranger Uranium Mine, Azo Mining, By Joel Scanlon, 11 April 11, The Ranger uranium mine has been mining on a lease inside the Kakadu National Park for 30 years. Now following the Japanese Fukushima nuclear fiasco the traditional land owners say that they do not want uranium mining to continue on their land. The Mirarr people want the Jabiluka uranium deposit to not be mined and included into the national park protection area……Production at the Ranger mine is currently suspended due to persistent water management problems. The heavy rains are posing
greater environmental risk. On Thursday the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation said that more than 10 million liters of contaminated water was present on the Ranger site…..Traditional Land Owners Want Mining Stopped at Ranger Uranium Mine