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  • Virginia Uranium Mining Study Delayed Until 2009

    According to NewsAdvance, science lost to politics : Virginia Uranium and its allies in the Assembly proposed a study, as a first step, to examine the question of whether mining could be done safely using today’s modern techniques. ... That was the sole intent of SB 525, legislation introduced by Sen...
    Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-05-2008
  • Virginia Senate allows uranium mining study

    About a month ago, I wrote about a large uranium deposit in Virginia located under a family farm named Coles Hill owned by Mr. Walter Coles, a retired US government employee. ( Coal mining versus uranium mining in Virginia ) One aspect of the story that intrigued me was the fact that even studying the...
    Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-19-2008
  • Virginia to Study Uranium Mining

    From the AP : The [State] Senate has passed legislation establishing a 2-year study on the safety of uranium mining. Before voting 36-4 on Tuesday to pass the study, several senators stressed that they didn't support the concept but thought it wouldn't hurt to study the issue. The study eventually...
    Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-13-2008
  • Virginia OKs uranium mining study

    The Virginian Senate has approved legislation to set up a two-year study into the safety of uranium mining in a move that could herald the eventual demise of the state's uranium mining moratorium. In advance of the vote on the study, which was carried by 36 votes to 4, some senators reportedly stressed...
    Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-13-2008
  • Coal mining versus uranium mining in Virginia

    I have recently read two articles that struck me as important because of an interesting contrast in attitudes and legal treatment. Both of them discuss mining for valuable, but potentially hazardous materials in the commonwealth of Virginia. On Sunday, January 13, my wife and I had a marvelous Sunday...
    Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-16-2008
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