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March 18, 2010: Australia paves the way to sell uranium to Russia
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March 17, 2010: U.S. NRC approves exemption from Commencement of Construction Requirements for Areva's Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility, Idaho
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March 17, 2010: Greenpeace protests in Moscow against import of French depleted uranium to Russia
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March 16, 2010: First cascade of "Production-Ready" centrifuges begins operation at USEC's American Centrifuge Plant project (Ohio)
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March 15, 2010: Crystallizer overfilled at Eurodif enrichment plant (France)
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March 15, 2010: Biggest uranium deposit ever detected - though a little bit hard to come by
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March 15, 2010: Russia offers India stake in Elkon uranium field
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March 14, 2010: India and Russia consider plan for nuclear fuel plant in India
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March 13, 2010: Brazil rejects IAEA inspections of uranium processing plants and restrictions on sale of uranium
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March 13, 2010: Cleanup of old uranium mine and mill sites in Kakadu National Park almost finished (Australia)
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March 12, 2010: Kazakh ex-uranium boss sentenced to 14 years in jail for corruption
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March 12, 2010: At harbor of Montoir-de-Bretagne, France, Greenpeace disturbs loading of vessel destined for Russia with depleted uranium hexafluoride
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March 11, 2010: Bankable Feasibility Study commissioned for Roca Honda uranium mine project (New Mexico)
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March 11, 2010: Commissioning of Honeymoon in situ leach uranium mine to begin in April (South Australia)
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March 11, 2010: Near Paris, France, Greenpeace blocks train carrying depleted uranium hexafluoride destined for Russia, calls for moratorium on nuclear waste exports
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March 10, 2010: UCIL served notice for illegally drawing river water at Jaduguda uranium mine (Jharkand, India)
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March 9, 2010: EDF plans partnership with Rosatom, including uranium mining
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March 9, 2010: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs denies presumption of service for illnesses caused from exposure to depleted uranium
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March 8, 2010: Police stops uranium hexafluoride transport on rusted through flat rack at Bremen (Germany)
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March 8, 2010: Appeals Court upholds NRC license for Crownpoint and Churchrock in situ leach uranium mine projects in 2-1 ruling; dissenting judge points out health hazard from existing mine waste at the site (New Mexico)
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March 8, 2010: U.S. Bureau of Land Management releases Scoping Report on proposed mining claims withdrawal near Grand Canyon (Arizona)
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March 8, 2010: Cleanup of former Rayrock uranium mine site after more than a decade found to be incomplete; tailings cover deteriorating (Northwest Territories, Canada)
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March 5, 2010: U.S. Interior Department says sage grouse deserves -- but won't get -- protection
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March 5, 2010: Protests over circumstances of Areva's uranium mining activities in Niger
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March 5, 2010: Environmental assessment started on receipt and processing of McArthur River ore at the McClean Lake mill (Saskatchewan)
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March 5, 2010: Scoping study underway for Coles Hill uranium mine project (Virginia)
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March 4, 2010: Proliferation risks from laser enrichment technology exceed benefits, scientists say
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March 4, 2010: Slovak parliament strengthens legal position of local authorities opposing uranium mining projects
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March 4, 2010: Areva's Kiggavik uranium mine project won't undergo federal review (Nunavut)
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March 4, 2010: Moab uranium tailings relocation reaches million-short ton milestone (Utah)
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March 3, 2010: IEER Report: South Carolina depleted uranium likely unfit for disposal in Clive (Utah)
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March 3, 2010: Children accessing old uranium site in Kalgoorlie (West Australia)
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March 2, 2010: Utah imposes additional conditions on depleted uranium disposal at Clive, until NRC's rulemaking process on DU disposal is completed
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March 2, 2010: Anti-mining groups boycott Meghalaya's uranium panel (India)
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March 2, 2010: Salt Lake County Council passed resolution against depleted uranium transports (Utah)
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March 2, 2010: U.S. NRC releases Environmental Report Supplement 2 for GE Hitachi laser isotope separation enrichment plant project
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March 2, 2010: Japan signs nuclear technology and uranium supply pact with Kazakhstan
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March 1, 2010: Licensing process for Kurišková uranium mine project to start in the second half of 2010 (Slovakia)
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March 1, 2010: Kayelekera mine reaches 50% of design capacity; full production expected by April (Malawi)
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March 1, 2010: Positive Pre-Feasibility Study announced for Nyota Prospect (Tanzania)
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February 26, 2010: Imouraren uranium mine startup delayed until 2013 or 2014 (Niger)
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February 25, 2010: Environmental authorization for MWS "super dump" tailings dam reinstated (South Africa)
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February 25, 2010: Rising uranium concentration in monitoring well at disposal site of Durango uranium mill tailings causes concern; groundwater standard miraculously no longer exceeded (Colorado)
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February 24, 2010: United Nuclear chasing three cows, this time... (New Mexico)
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February 24, 2010: U.S. NRC approves relaxed groundwater standards at Western Nuclear, Inc.'s Split Rock uranium mill tailings site (Wyoming)
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February 24, 2010: France conducts public consultation on revision of regulations for major nuclear facilities (INB)
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February 23, 2010: National Academy of Sciences, Virginia Tech agree to conduct study of uranium mining and milling in Virginia
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February 23, 2010: Japan joins uranium exploration project in Queensland
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February 22, 2010: No further shipments of depleted uranium from South Carolina for disposal in Clive, Utah
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February 22, 2010: U.S. NRC issues draft regulatory guide "Design, Construction, and Inspection of Embankment Retention Systems at Fuel Cycle Facilities" for comment
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February 22, 2010: Areva hopes to achieve full production at Trekkopje uranium mine by mid-April (Namibia)
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February 21, 2010: Rehabilitation of Rum Jungle mine has "clearly failed", study finds (Australia)
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February 21, 2010: Jordan and Areva sign mining agreement for uranium resources in Central Jordan
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February 19, 2010: France plans weaker regulatory scheme for uranium mill tailings
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February 19, 2010: Areva considers constructing a uranium-processing plant in South Africa
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February 19, 2010: Areva enlists United Africa Group as co-owner of Trekkopje Project desalination plant (Namibia)
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February 18, 2010: Beverley North Extension project to be assessed by Public Environment Report (South Australia)
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February 18, 2010: USGS releases report on uranium deposits and environmental impacts of former uranium mining near the Grand Canyon (Arizona)
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February 17, 2010: Cleanup of 1954 Lengenfeld uranium mill tailings spill to start in April 2010 (Germany)
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February 17, 2010: Petitions for uranium moratorium presented to National Assembly of Québec
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February 17, 2010: Closure Plan and Environmental Assessment on Abandoned Mine Lands in four National Parks in Arizona available for public review and comment
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February 16, 2010: U.S. DOE submits Preliminary Final Long-Term Surveillance Plan for the Maybell West tailings disposal site (Colorado)
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February 16, 2010: Notice of Intention to submit license application filed for Sheep Mountain uranium heap leach project (Wyoming)
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February 16, 2010: At Tricastin, France, Greenpeace blocks train carrying depleted uranium hexafluoride destined for Russia
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February 16, 2010: Meghalaya State government forms uranium panel (India)
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February 12, 2010: Government, mining companies agree on public-private partnership to deal with acid mine water overflow from abandoned West Rand mines (South Africa)
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February 12, 2010: CNSC approves EA Screening Report of GE-Hitachi's proposal to add a Low Enriched Uranium Fuel Bundle Manufacturing Line at its Peterborough nuclear fuel facility, amends licence (Ontario)
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February 12, 2010: Oban ISL uranium field leach trial to start next month (South Australia)
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February 11, 2010: Worker contaminated in glove box accident at MELOX fuel fabrication plant (France)
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February 11, 2010: Bureau of Land Management sued for withholding records on uranium mines that threaten Grand Canyon (Arizona)
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February 11, 2010: Cameco resumes underground development at Cigar Lake uranium mine project (Saskatchewan)
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February 11, 2010: New government subsidies for Romania's uranium mining company
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February 11, 2010: Expert: Indonesia's uranium reserves are too little to be extracted
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February 11, 2010: Breakdown of Olympic Dam mine ore haulage system causes losses of more than US$ 200 million; computer failure identified as cause (Australia)
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February 10, 2010: Sequoyah Fuels Corp. refuses to pay full property taxes for Gore plant, since contamination lowered its value [!] (Oklahoma)
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February 9, 2010: UCIL plans uranium exploration in Balpakram National Park (Meghalaya)
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February 9, 2010: IAEA inspection team identifies groundwater impacts at Caetité uranium mine (Brazil)
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February 9, 2010: Toxic waste dumped on former Mounana uranium mine site? (Gabon)
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February 9, 2010: Finnish nickel/zinc miner plans uranium byproduct extraction
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February 9, 2010: Uranium concentrations in tailings seepage at Ranger uranium mine 5400 times background; rehabilitation impossible (Australia)
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February 8, 2010: Draft Environmental Scoping Document for downsized Yeelirrie uranium mine project available for public review (West Australia)
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February 7, 2010: NGO warns about impending uranium tailings dam failures and mudslides caused by earthquakes and/or heavy rain (Malawi)
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February 5, 2010: Korean companies keen on stake in Rössing South uranium mine project (Namibia)
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February 5, 2010: U.S. NRC to ease restrictions on commencement of construction before licence is issued
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February 5, 2010: Revised UIC permit application submitted for Dewey Burdock ISL uranium project (South Dakota)
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February 5, 2010: U.S. NRC issues Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for relaxed groundwater standards at Western Nuclear, Inc.'s Split Rock uranium mill tailings site (Wyoming)
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February 4, 2010: Grants Ridge uranium mine and heap leach project application deferred for two years (New Mexico)
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February 4, 2010: No sale of U.S. DOE uranium inventories in 2011
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February 4, 2010: Portsmouth enrichment plant cleanup in 2011 to be funded from federal budget rather than sale of DOE uranium inventories (Ohio)
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February 4, 2010: Rand Uranium announces construction of processing plant for re-mining of Cooke tailings dump (South Africa)
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February 3, 2010: Journalists publish investigation on abandoned open pit mines in Argentina
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February 3, 2010: U.S. concerned about trafficking of uranium mined at Rössing (Namibia)
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February 3, 2010: Another claim stake found at Maybell (Colorado) uranium mill tailings disposal site - on top of disposal cell [!]
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February 3, 2010: In the aftermath of UF6 release incident, Urenco Germany CEO denies any own neglects, but accuses hospital employees
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February 3, 2010: Pressures may be too high in some uranium hexafluoride storage cylinders at the Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. plant in Erwin (Tennessee)
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February 3, 2010: U.S. NRC issues draft regulatory guide "Monitoring and Reporting Radioactive Materials in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents from Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities" for comment
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February 3, 2010: Groups challenge water-right permit for proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill (Colorado)
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February 3, 2010: West Australia Environment Minister dismisses appeal aiming at higher level of assessment for Wiluna uranium mine project
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February 2, 2010: U.S. NRC puts review of license application for Ludeman in situ leach uranium project on hold (Wyoming)
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February 2, 2010: France launches website for acces to radiation monitoring data
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February 1, 2010: USEC gets $45 million in federal aid for American Centrifuge Plant (Ohio) - in exchange for depleted uranium tails [!]
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February 1, 2010: U.S. NRC Special Inspection Team to investigate spill at WEC Columbia nuclear fuel plant, South Carolina
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February 1, 2010: Uranium mill tailings underneath roadways still pose problem in Grand Junction (Colorado)
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February 1, 2010: Positive interim pre-feasibility report announced for Kvanefjeld rare earth/uranium deposit (Greenland)
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Radon Flux Measurements on Gardinier and Royster Phosphogypsum Piles Near Tampa And Mulberry, Florida
 , by J.N. Hartley and H.D. Freeman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 520/5-85-029, January 1986 (7.2MB PDF  )
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Domestic Uranium Production Report - Quarterly, 4th Quarter 2009 , U.S. DOE Energy Information Administration, March 10, 2010
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Environmentální zátěže ve správě DIAMO, s. p., Stráž pod Ralskem , Informační materiál, Leden 2010 (25.4 MB PDF - in Czech)
[Overview on the environmental situation at the sites managed by Czech state enterprise DIAMO]
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Volcanogenic Uranium Deposits: Geology, Geochemical Processes, and Criteria for Resource Assessment , by J. Thomas Nash, USGS Open-File Report 2010-1001, U.S. Geological Survey 2010, 99 p.
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Occupational Radiation Exposure at Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors and Other Facilities 2008 , Forty-First Annual Report, NUREG-0713 Vol. 30, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, January 2010
[includes data for uranium conversion, enrichment, and fuel fabrication plants in the U.S.]
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2009 Annual Site Inspection & Monitoring Report for Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Title I Disposal Sites, U.S. DOE, Office of Legacy Management, 2010: Part 1 (11.4MB PDF ) · Part 2 (4.4MB PDF )
[now available as PDF text files]
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Olympic Dam - Environmental Management and Monitoring Report, 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009 , BHP Billiton (4.1MB PDF , PIRSA)
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Olympic Dam - Great Artesian Basin Wellfields Report, 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009 , BHP Billiton (1.5MB PDF , PIRSA)
Quote of the day:
"We're taking the uranium out of the ground, we're exporting it to be used for productive purposes, so we should be getting a medal for cleaning up the environment."
(Neville Huxham, Malawi country director for Paladin Energy Africa, IPS Aug. 24, 2009)
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