Uranium

Uranium - Overview
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Canada is the largest exporter of uranium ore in the world. Northern Saskatchewan is home to all of Canada’s uranium mines. Roughly half of the supply of uranium comes from mining; the balance comes from decommissioned nuclear weapons.

Uranium is mined in open pit and underground mines, sometimes along with copper and gold, and also by in-situ leaching. In-situ leaching requires pumping acid or alkaline solution underground and trying to recover the resulting solution once it contains enough uranium.

Uranium
Karl Morgan: Father of Radiation Safety
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Robert Del Tredici starts his narrative with an explanation of why Dr. Morgan looks somewhat somber in the portrait taken of him - it is the classic case of having your words taken out of context.

Canada, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Health, Uranium
Photographer and storyteller Robert Del Tredici on the history of Port Radium, Northwest Territories
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Robert Del Tredici has travelled the world taking photographs to tell the "story of uranium". In this video, the relates a brief history of Port Radium, once known as the "village of widows".

Canada, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Indigenous Rights, Uranium
Gordon Edwards of CCNR: should uranium mining be allowed?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Dr. Gordon Edwards gives a brief overview of risks and issues particular to uranium mining, citing regulatory changes that could make it safer. But the question still remains: should uranium mining go ahead at all?

Canada, Waste Rock and Tailings, Health, Impact on Communities, Uranium
No Social Licence and a Long List of Inadequacies, Yet Federal Review Panel Recommends Approval of Matoush Uranium Exploration Project
Thursday, July 28, 2011

News release: Despite acknowledging that project does not have a social licence to proceed and identifying a long list inadequacies in the environmental assessment, the panel makes a finding that the project is unlikely to have significant environmental effects and recommends approval of the project, albeit with a host of unenforceable conditions.

Canada, Environmental Planning, Québec, Environmental Assessment, Impact on Communities, Indigenous Rights, Uranium, Water and fisheries, Strateco
Crossroads on the Tundra: Baker Lake struggles under pressure to allow uranium mining
Monday, June 6, 2011

Baker Lake, Nunavut, is the geographic centre of Canada, but it’s rarely the centre of attention for most Canadians. And yet what’s going on here is nothing less than a test of democracy in Canada’s newest territory. A huge complex of uranium mines is being proposed for the tundra west of Baker Lake, in the middle of important caribou habitat.

Areva/Cogema, Nunavut, Environmental Planning, Newsletter 30: Spring 2011, Uranium
Newfoundland and Labrador Mineral Strategy
Monday, May 2, 2011

In February 2011 the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) began a process to develop a mineral strategy for the province. This is a welcome initiative as the last comprehensive policy review for the mineral sector was in the 1970s. As a starting point the government released a discusion paper and then hosted a number of community consultations and two themed workshops. MiningWatch participated in a workshop titled Environment Sustainable Mining held in St. John's on April 7 and submitted written comments on April 14.

Abandoned Mines, Newfoundland & Labrador, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Economics & Taxation, Environment, Free Entry/Land Access, Indigenous Rights, Labour, Parks and Protected Areas, Uranium, Water and fisheries
Terra Firma Withdraws from Restigouche: An Important Win for Baie des Chaleurs Uranium Opposition
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Coalition Stop Uranium Baie des Chaleurs and the Citizens’ Committee of Pointe-à-la-Croix were very pleased to receive the news that Vancouver-based mining company Terra Firma Resources it is giving up its option on the Restigouche uranium prospect.

Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Québec, Free Entry/Land Access, Impact on Communities, Uranium
MiningWatch to Participate in Kiggavik Uranium Project EIS Guidelines Workshop, Government of Nunavut Consultations on Uranium Mining
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Media Advisory: (Ottawa/Iqaluit) MiningWatch Canada’s Canada Program Coordinator, Ramsey Hart, is on his way to Iqaluit today on the request of the Nunavut non-profit group Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit (Makita for short). Over the next ten days he will be participating with Makita in two different consultation processes on uranium mining in Nunavut.

Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Areva/Cogema, Nunavut, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Uranium
Delegation Hasn't Addressed Quebeckers' Concerns About Uranium
Friday, January 14, 2011

News release: For the last three days MiningWatch Canada’s Canada Program Coordinator Ramsey Hart has been participating in a delegation examining the uranium mining industry in Saskatchewan. The group of thirty made stops in Regina, Saskatoon, at the Rabbit Lake Mine and at a mill in northern Saskatchewan.

Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Areva/Cogema, Québec, Saskatchewan, Cameco, Uranium

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