Antinuclear

Dangers of the radioactive uranium mining industry will be obscured

Uranium mining IS different from other mining industries.

True, all mining has problems, and in fact, all mining does release some radioactive particles into the environment.

However, that pales into insignificance compared with the health and environmental  problems of uranium mining. The only other mining of exceptionally serious health danger  – is asbestos mining, and that is now long banned in Australia.  Uranium mining should be banned, too.

Uranium mining leaves a legacy of radioactive tailings, of radioactively polluted waterways – problems that last long long after the mining company has disappeared from the scene, and from the responsibility.

Uranium mining is also completely involved in teh dangerous nuclear industry, and in catastrophes such as the Fukushima nuclear accident. It is also an essential part of the nuclear weapons industry.

It is  a backward step for Australians to accept the idea that uranium mining is a “normal”  industry, to be merged and hidden within the general mining scene.

! AUSTRALIAN URANIUM ASSOCIATION TO BE INTEGRATED INTO MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA (FED)

7 Nov 13, National mining industry advocacy is to be further strengthened through the integration of the Australian Uranium Association (AUA) and the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA). The decision to integrate the two organisations has been taken by member companies of both organisations. The move will enhance the uranium sector’s advocacy, reinforce its position in the mining industry.

November 7, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews