CANADIAN URANIUM MINERS STRUGGLE TO SECURE REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR EXTRACTION
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITHOUT uranium mining we would not have nuclear energy, and with the industry experiencing a renaissance because of global warming, demand and prices for uranium is only likely to increase in the medium term. But of course uranium is not the most stable of substances, and digging it out of the ground is never going to be overwhelming popular amongst communities near mine sites. Unless a town or village has been created to serve a mine, then there will often be local opposition to uranium mining. And environmentalists may never be happy, even ...
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