Massive new uranium deposit found in Australia

Massive new uranium deposit found in Australia

www.radioaustralia.net.au

Ranger mine, which is run by Energy Resources Australia, is already one of the world's biggest uranium mines with about 50,000 tonnes of deposits.

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CRICKY.....This is in the Northern Territory. So what are we going to do with all this new uranium – nuclear power stations or bombs. Let’s hope we don't let the wrong people get hold of it.

Now Western Australia
Also a headline…. W.A ENDS ban on uranium mining.
The Liberal-National Government has lifted a ban on uranium mining in Western Australia.
link
www.news.com.au...

Nuclear energy is the only large-scale and commercially viable option for producing electricity without at the same time producing massive amounts of greenhouse gases.

Look like well have more than we’ll need for a while.

Is this good or bad?




www.radioaustralia.net.au
(visit the link for the full news article)

Im not against Nuclear power but at the same time we are surrounded by ocean's why cant we harness the perpetual motion of the water and leave the uranium where it is?

I heard on the radio that Russia has or wanting to buy Uranium from Australia. I have not heard anything else about that news story.

Well we all know that Collin Barnett did not make it a secret when he was running that he would lift the ban on the uranium and look what he has done?? i hope no one is shocked by this news

I wonder if we were not in bad times would we see his water coming down a pipe line or the channel he was talking about a few years back

[edit on 17-11-2008 by duffster]

I just heard that the CIA and Bush have determined there are Weapons of Mass Destruction in Austrailia. You CADS . . .prepare to be INVA . . .

sorry . . . wrong continent.

never mind

reply to post by GoalPoster


NO NO!!! you have it wrong we only supply the stuff to make the big boom It's your job to invade Iran to take the BOOM away from them no recall on us Aussies

Uranium mining is destructive short term, but once the tailings settle it's no different than it's natural state really. It may be even more dangerous leaving the ore in the ground overall.

It's the only solution that is viable, immediate & safe -if the right precautions (IAEA standards) are taken.

Australia & eastern Canada are looking to be the mass energy providers of the near future.

Oz definitely are the leaders in uranium, Canada a close second.

More info

Uranium mining to be regulated
Link

Snip

"I'm not going to start speculating on the number of mines. Our job is to apply the proper regulatory approaches under EPBC Act (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) and that's what we'll do.

We can't use it, it will all go to Asia, China.

Would the companies have special scanners so when the worker leaves for the day-word shift so the company can see or not if the worker does (five finger discount) on a small piece of Uranium...You go home and found out the batteries in the remote is dead. What do you do? You take out the piece of Uranium that you pickup from work and gently place it in to where the batteries go.