by David Safier
I posted some Nuke News items earlier today but didn't mention the possibility it could once again be open season for uranium mining in the Grand Canyon area.
The good-and-bad news is, no new claims are likely to be accepted, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but it's still possible those with existing uranium mining claims may be allowed to go forward.
Earlier uranium mining left Native Americans sickened and land spoiled. Of course, the industry tells us, they've learned from their mistakes, and this time they'll do it right. That assertion is no more believable than all the other assertions about the industry's learning curve (See my earlier post about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relaxing nuclear power plant standards so old, cracked, clogged, rusted reactors which were scheduled to be shut down a decade ago are still up, running, and primed for the next nuclear disaster which, we will be told once again, no one could have predicted).
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