Antinuclear

In uranium market glut, Western Australia govt still approves Yeelirrie mine, against environmental and Aboriginal interests

New uranium mine approved on Aboriginal land
– and other nuclear news by: Diet Simon (Account: Nuclear Worrier) Friday, 20 January 2017: https://linksunten.indymedia.org/en/node/201677

“The Western Australian government has approved plans for a uranium mine at Yeelirrie on Aboriginal land 630 kilometres north-east of the state capital, Perth.
Aborigines have fought the plans as best they could, backed by non-indigenous and foreign activists.
Environmentalists warn the mine would wipe out species unique to the region.
Yeelirrie sits on one of the world’s most significant uranium deposits.

Approval of the mine, to be operated by Canadian mining giant Cameco, came despite a ruling by the government’s own Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) that a mine on the site posed a significant risk of extinction to species not known to exist anywhere else. …

“Anti-nuclear activist Mia Pepper writes that the government argued jobs and economics for its decision.
“Now we know that the project would employ a little over 200 fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers, but we also know that the uranium market is flooded and there is no economic justification for this mine to go ahead. … “

January 21, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News