State Ready to Cut Deal on Italian Nuke Waste?

Joel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:13:34 +0000

ABC 4 is reporting that the state may be ready to cut a deal with Energy Solutions on bringing Italian Nuclear Waste to its 439 acre waste facility in Clive, Utah. Its been learned that the company has been in talks with the Utah Attorney General’s Office. The State has recently fought the company in federal court to stop the foreign importation of waste, but now that the case is in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals its feared that if the state loses then the state would get nothing if the waste is eventually brought in. If the state gives up its fight in court and lets Energy Solutions bring in the waste the company would split the profits with the state. Its estimated that this would amount to around a $100 million per year. This deal would have to be approved by Gov. Herbert.

SE Utah Uranium Mine Challenged

Joel — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:22:27 +0000

Utah’s first new Uranium Mine in three decades, the Daneros Mine, is being challenged by Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance SUWA and Uranium Watch. The BLM approved the permits allegedly without adequate environmental review and now the company’s intention to begin mining in September of this year is apparently on hold. A new Uranium boom has hit SE Utah, and although it may not as be as large as the one from the cold war era we have yet to see its full effects. The market for Uranium has recently dropped from a high of $135 per pound 2 years ago to the current $47 per pound. Other Uranium Mines are either proposed or may be operating in this region. The groups allege that impacts to air and water have likely not been studied, and that the emissions of radon, which is known to cause serious human health consequences such as cancer have not been adequately analyzed. The BLM will consider the groups request to review the adequacy of environmental review, and will apparently hold up operations until such review is complete. An Australian Company, White Canyon Uranium, operates the Daneros Mine.

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State Ready to Cut Deal on Italian Nuke Waste?

SE Utah Uranium Mine Challenged