This week's news:
NRC Holds Public Meetings about Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Uranium Mining
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has scheduled public meetings in New Mexico, Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska about the draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling Facilities (draft GEIS). The public meetings will begin on Monday, August 25 and continue until September 25.
The NRC has created four regions within the western United States for generic analysis. The NRC, with the cooperation of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, released the draft GEIS in late July. www.nrc.gov.
The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) requires that the NRC evaluate the environmental impacts associated with the construction, operation, and decommissioning of existing and proposed in-situ leach (ISL) facilities.
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Testing at DARHT Results in Contamination of the Facility 8.8.08
DOE Reports Increasing Radionuclides in Los Alamos and Santa Fe Drinking Water Wells 8.1.08
Community Events Held in Observance of the U.S. Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 7.25.08
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