It's great to see that the uranium mining issue is getting exposure statewide. This piece published today is a clear-minded look at how Virginians should approach the study process.
Most of the media attention surrounding this issue is coming from the areas of Southside and Hampton Roads. The coverage has mostly been negative because there's a media push being driven by mining opponents and they're trying to scare people into believing that uranium mining is unsafe.
I believe these opponents can't truthfully say this until the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission study is released.
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Maybe you could spend a few minutes researching the health and safety aspects of U mining around the world and give us all the name/location of a couple of mines where there aren't serious health and environmental dangers. I've been looking for over a year and haven't found anything yet.
VUI used to say that Canonsburg, PA was such a spot until it was pointed out to them that there was never any mining done there; there was milling done there which was abandoned and left to become a superfund site. The town was known as the most radioactive town in America. Now VUI calls Canonsburg a "worst case scenario".
Somehow I believe that if there were a safe, non-hazardous U mine anywhere on earth, it would be front-page news. I'd love to know that U mining can be done without its by-products contaminating every living thing for eons to come.
I think it's great too that U mining is getting state-wide attention since Coles Hill won't be the only area in VA to be mined if the moratorium is lifted...it will only be the first. What is now one of the most beautiful states on the continent should remain such, not become a nuclear wasteland.
You're exactly right - Katie Whitehead wrote an excellent letter to the editor and is very knowledgeable about this subject and the proposed study. She is a Pittsylvania County native who chairs the DRBA Mining Task Force and recently served on the Halifax County Chamber of Commerce Uranium Study Group which produced the report you've criticized. Being proactive about research and raising questions early on in the process should be commended.
The only thing Katie Whitehead is seeking is a JOB ! She doesn't care if it's with the new uranium study group or with Va Uranium or any of its affiliates!
That's the reason she keeps spouting out all these letters to the editor all across the state. If you notice, she will NOT take a definite opinion either FOR or AGAINST uranium mining in VA as a single issue. Instead, all her arguments are framework for a new STUDY.
As she was a previous employee of the EARLIER study, you now can understand her motivation as she seeks another state-paid or VUI-paid job!
Good luck, Ms. Whitehead!
Interesting insight pittopiner.
You are correct in your assumption, Chris, that the negative attention from eastern Virginia is from the squeaky wheel again. I am hopeful, however, that the meeting next week in Chatham (to gain community input on the study) will be more beneficial to the debate. My sincere hope is that it will be an orderly forum for ideas, and not just a bunch of screaming and hair-pulling. Here's hopin'....
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