French nuclear exit best done quickly - safety chief

24/04/2013

 

 The head of the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety in France says that the country would be better off following the German example and withdrawing from nuclear power quickly if it does decide to go down that route.

   It is yet unclear how the French government intends to proceed but he has previously pledged to cut reliance down to 50 per cent by 2025.

 

http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2013/04/French-nuclear-best-done-quickly-says-sector-safety-chief.html

 

 

 

W/E May 19: U News

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Message from Karen:My emails to you sometimes contain news, information and events that relate to the VA U-mining issue.  It is not associated with any organization.  However, the news and information often contain messages from different municipalities, organizations and individuals who would like to share their message. 

 

FYI:

 

Thank you to those of you who have contributed to the Keep the Billboard Campaign. Please continue to contact people you know who may contribute. If you have not had the opportunity to support the effort please know that your help is greatly needed. VUI has it's corporate investors with deep pockets to fund their pro-mining agenda. We have each other to "KTB". This is truly a "grass-roots" effort and as such YOU and your participation are essential for its success.

The KEEP THE BAN billboard presence in Pittsylvania County (at ground zero) sends a strong message to the legislators who will ultimately decide the fate of uranium mining in Virginia. It also reminds Virginia's citizens that educational materials are available at the KTB website.

We are adding "Protect Our Health, Heritage & Future" to the billboards (see attachment). Yes, "billboards"...plural. An opportunity opened for us to secure a second billboard on Highway 58. It is a little larger than the one on Highway 29. We had enough funds for it's production and 3 months worth of visibility. Needless to say, we'd like it to remain up through November's elections and the 2014 General Assembly. If we do not get a permanent ban, we'll likely start our Second Annual Keep the Billboard Campaign in 2014.

We are also trying to fund signs at 3 Pittsylvania County football fields before the Fall. (Tunstall and GW do not allow such advertising). If we can collect enough for these, we can look at baseball/softball in the future.

Billboard contributions may be mailed to PRIDE, P. O. Box 11521, Danville, VA 24543-1521. If you have questions or require further information, please let me know. Feel free to contact others with this important message and encourage them to contribute.

Karen

> 2013 KEEP THE BAN BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
>
> The “Keep the Ban” Billboard on Hwy 29 South is a bold reminder that the
> threat of uranium mining, milling and radioactive waste disposal remains a
> clear and present danger in Southside and across Virginia. It is
> strategically located near Virginia Uranium Inc.’s Coles Hill deposit.
>
> An anonymous couple, the League of Individuals for the Environment, Inc.
> (LIFE, Inc.) and Piedmont Residents in Defense of the Environment (PRIDE)
> funded the billboard installation and a three-month contract in order to
> increase awareness and encourage education regarding the uranium mining
> issue. We remain committed to maintaining the billboard as long as
> necessary and, if funding allows, erecting additional billboards and
> possibly placing signs at local sports fields.
>
> We need your help in order to maintain the current billboard and possibly
> contract for additional billboards and signs.
>
> Your contribution is 100% tax deductible. Please send your billboard
> contribution to PRIDE, P. O. Box 11521, Danville, VA 24543-1521. You will
> receive a receipt. PRIDE is a chapter of the Blue Ridge Environmental
> Defense League, which is a 501 (c) (3) organization. PRIDE is accepting
> donations for the “KTB” Billboard Campaign.
>
> Dr. Brent Blackwelder, President Emeritus of Friends of the Earth, has
> contributed $1050.00 to kick-off our first annual “KTB” billboard campaign
> and has issued a challenge for matching donations.
>
> Please contribute to this very worthy cause.
>
> ___ $1050 Matching Dr. Blackwelder’s contribution
>
> ___ $500 Matching Anonymous’ contribution
>
> ___ $100 Billboard Campaign Sponsor
>
> ___$25 Grassroots supporter
>
> ___ Other? …No amount is too great or too small
>
> With appreciation,
>
> Karen B. Maute, President
> PRIDE
> P. O. Box 11521
> Danville, VA 24543-1521

 Anti-uranium groups merge under one umbrella

 

http://www.newsadvance.com/go_dan_river/news/pittsylvania_county/uranium/article_e4d910d8-be88-11e2-85fd-001a4bcf6878.html

 

CommonHealthVA is going under the umbrella of the Roanoke River Basin Association.

The group emerged in 2012 when several organizations and localities that advocated maintaining Virginia’s moratorium on uranium mining began a more organized collaboration and coordination of activities.
 Members of CommonHealthVA include the Alliance for Progress in Southern Virginia; the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach; the Piedmont Environmental Council; the Roanoke River Basin Association; the Southern Environmental Law Center; and the Virginia Coalition.

Andrew Lester, executive director of the basin association, says CommonHealthVA will focus on research and education about uranium mining issues.

While the Roanoke River Basin Association has been a loud voice against Virginia Uranium’s plans to mine a 119-million-pound uranium ore deposit in Pittsylvania County, it’s not the group’s primary role.

The association seeks to conserve basin water resources and promote economic development.
The CommonHealthVA website keeps a list of the organizations, governments and businesses that support its cause.

On Tuesday, the town of Culpeper north of Charlottesville joined the list of localities supporting the moratorium on uranium mining with a resolution issued by its town council.

In its conclusion, the resolution states: “The ban on uranium mining and milling in Virginia should become permanent until the industry can unequivocally demonstrate it can be done without threats to our citizens in perpetuity.”

Comments from KM:  Please open the Culpeper passed (May 14th) a strong resolution supporting a permanent ban on uranium mining.:  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=13eaeb6b25068f14&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui%3D2%26ik%3D87aab9e94c%26view%3Datt%26th%3D13eaeb6b25068f14%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dsafe%26realattid%3D83a5814f6a4f0b0_0.1%26zw&sig=AHIEtbRGiaydU7zAnQ8ZYhNDiAzoVp2ZuQ

 

 

 The editorial below gives sound advice:  "reach out to Adams and Bowman to get clear answers — and then make their choice next month."  Both candidates have websites.  http://www.lesadams.org/ and http://bowmanfordelegate.com/  Both can be contacted through these websites and ask for their stance on the issue.  If you receive a response and wish to share it with our elist, please send it to vaunews@gmail.com

 

http://www.newsadvance.com/go_dan_river/opinion/editorials/article_971390ce-bd9a-11e2-9f56-0019bb30f31a.html

Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:15 am
Uranium mining’s on the ballot
The Editorial Boardnewsadvance.com

Consider the legislative intent that led General Assembly Republicans to create the 16th House District. More than half of the voters live in Pittsylvania County, and most of the 16th has Republican-leaning, rural precincts.Clearly, someone from the General Assembly wanted a conservative Republican from Pittsylvania County in the House of Delegates. Robert Hurt and Don Merricks have held the seat, and the winner of the June 11 Republican primary between Les Adams and Ken Bowman will be the favorite to win in November.
One of the most contentious issues Merricks dealt with was uranium mining. Underneath Coles Hill northeast of Chatham is a 119 million pound uranium ore deposit, and since 2007, Virginia Uranium Inc. has been trying to convince the General Assembly to allow it to mine and process that ore.
To date, the company hasn’t been successful; no uranium mining legislation has passed the General Assembly.
We have to give at least some of the credit for that to Merricks, whose voice carried the additional weight of representing the people who would be most directly affected by a uranium mine and mill at Coles Hill.
Now that Merricks is retiring, people on both sides of the issue have to wonder what his successor will do.
For their part, both Republican candidates have said they support Virginia’s current ban on uranium mining:
» "I’ve told people I want to keep the ban in place," Bowman said. "I haven’t taken any other position other than keep the ban."
» "Private property rights are essential," Adams said. "People are generally free to use that property as they see fit … [but it is correct for] ‘government to make sure something harmful doesn’t happen to someone who has no say in the matter.’"
Bowman took a VUI trip to Canada when he was working as Pittsylvania County’s economic developer. His wife Brenda — who was elected to the Board of Supervisors — voted against an anti-mining resolution because she felt residents of the Chatham-Blairs District supported lifting the ban.
It was entirely appropriate for Ken Bowman, in his position as the county’s economic developer, to take that trip, and it would be unfair of anyone to try to link Brenda Bowman’s uranium mining vote to her husband’s position.
While there are more issues facing voters in the 16th District than just uranium mining, we urge voters to reach out to Adams and Bowman to get clear answers — and then make their choice next month.

 Shearon Harris nuclear plant

http://www.wral.com/crack-in-nuclear-reactor-forces-shearon-harris-to-shut-down/12453472/
New Hill, N.C. — A quarter-inch crack in the reactor at the Shearon Harris nuclear plant in southwest Wake County has forced Duke Energy to take the plant offline, officials said Thursday.
No radioactive material leaked from the plant, and the public is not in danger, officials said.
Duke spokeswoman Kim Crawford said she couldn't say how long the reactor would be out of commission, but she said the utility has plenty of capacity and wouldn't need to purchase electricity from outside sources to meet demand.
Shearon Harris provides power to about 500,000 customers.
According to information Duke filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Shearon Harris was taken offline last year for refueling, and ultrasonic tests of the reactor were taken at that time. A secondary review of those tests this week revealed the "primary water stress corrosion cracking" on a nozzle that overlaps a weld on the reactor head.
"Initial evaluation indicates that the flaw is not through wall, and there is no evidence of leakage based on inspections performed on the top of the reactor vessel head during the spring 2012 refueling outage," the NRC event report states.



Strateco books $87m impairment as Quebec uranium project stalls

By: Henry Lazenby

15th May 2013

 http://www.miningweekly.com/article/strateco-books-87m-impairment-as-quebec-uranium-project-stalls-2013-05-15

  

 

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Quebec-based Strateco Resources has booked a $87-million impairment charge during the first three months of the year, as its flagship Matoush uranium project lays in limbo following the province’s March moratorium on uranium exploration and mining.

Uranium One reports first quarter losses

Vladimir Basov | May 15, 2013

http://www.mining.com/uranium-one-reports-first-quarter-losses-58196/

Grand Canyon uranium mining ban withstands another test

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Bob Berwyn

Federal judge once again rejects mining industry challenge to withdrawal

http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/05/16/grand-canyon-uranium-mining-ban-withstands-another-test/

 

 

California Cities Snub Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power

Comments:  VA needs to wake up and stop supporting expensive Nuke Power

 

by Chris Clarke

on April 24, 2013 2:47 PM

 

California's leading cities are sending messages to the energy industry powers-that-be on Tuesday, and that message is "we want change." On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council finalized a much-lauded agreement to wean the city's Department of Water and Power (LADWP) off coal-fired electricity, and went on to oppose reopening of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. On that same day, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors passed a resolution urging the city's pension fund managers to sell off their interests in fossil fuel companies.

San Francisco, with its consolidated city and county government, has a county Board of Supervisors running municipal affairs in place of the usual City Council.

The San Francisco resolution, which supervisors adopted unanimously, would pull $580 million in the city's pension funds now invested in 200 fossil fuel companies over the next five years. In an indication of just how unfavorable fossil fuel investments are these days, the city's pension fund analysts predict that divestment would increase portfolio risk by about a hundredth of a percent. The non-binding resolution must be adopted by San Francisco's Retirement Board to become official, but that's reasonably likely given the unanimous supervisorial vote.

"I think it is really important that more than just making a statement, we make that statement with our dollars. In many ways that is the more important way to show what our political principles are," San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim told reporters.

Meanwhile, L.A.'s City Council also gave unanimous approval Tuesday to LADWP's decision to phase out power purchases from Arizona's coal-burning Navajo Generating Station in 2015, and Utah's Intermountain Power Plant by 2025.

"The pending costs of the climate crisis mount every day," says Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz. "UCLA's ground-breaking climate change study shows, for instance, that the number of extreme heat days in our Valley neighborhoods will likely quadruple, which will cause energy bill spikes for our constituents. We need to do everything in our power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible. Getting the City off of coal power is a historic step in the right direction."

"LADWP sends more than half a billion dollars per year out of state to buy dirty coal," added Aura Vasquez of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, which has lobbied hard to shift LADWP off coal-fired power. "With these new agreements in place, Los Angeles will be able to better invest on programs that can lower our energy bills -- building rooftop solar and making homes and businesses more energy efficient."

Nuclear power isn't escaping the notice of the state's leading cities, either. Also on Tuesday, L.A.'s City Council gave yet another unanimous vote in favor of a resolution opposing the restart of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's Unit 2. The plant's owner Southern California Edison is proposing to run Unit 2 at 70 percent of capacity for a test period to see whether lower power operations will avoid vibrations that seem to have contributed to a leak of radioactive steam from the plant's Unit 3.

Read more:  http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/utilities/california-cities-snub-fossil-fuels-nukes.html

Pennsylvania senator wants updated planning to address ‘dangerous incidents’ at nuclear plants

By Tony LaRussa
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
       Published: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:01 a.m. Updated 14 hours ago

Federal regulators should “do the work” necessary to learn whether people living within 50 miles of nuclear power plants know what to do if a dangerous incident occurs, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said Wednesday.

 

“More than 10 million Pennsylvanians, which is 80 percent of our population, live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant,” Casey wrote in a letter to Allison M. Macfarlane, chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

 

“We need to ensure that appropriate plans are in place and that residents are fully informed about emergency procedures outside of the 10-mile radius.”

 

Since 1978, the government has mandated a 10-mile evacuation zone around nuclear plants. But the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that caused a meltdown and radiation release at Fukushima power plant in Japan raised questions about whether to increase the zone to 50 miles.

 

Casey did not suggest doing so but said he thinks residents within that radius should get information about what to do during an emergency.

 

“If you live within 10 miles (of a plant) you get a lot of info to help you be prepared,” Casey said during a telephone conference call with reporters. “I want to make sure that folks outside the 10 miles also have the information they need.”

 

“Whenever we can, we stress the importance of having a personal as well as a family plan to follow during emergencies,” he said. 

 

 

Tony LaRussa is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7987 or tlarussa@tribweb.com.

Read more: http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/3904045-74/emergency-casey-nuclear?printerfriendly=true#ixzz2RV2FVkxQ
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Uranium Opponents Assemble under One Banner

 

 

Status Update

By Roanoke River Basin

Uranium Opponents Assemble under One Banner

For 68 years the Roanoke River Basin Association (RRBA) has been the voice for the development, use, preservation, and enhancement of the Roanoke River Basin Resources in Virginia and North Carolina.

To that end, RRBA hosts several groups whose primary roles correspond with those of the RRBA. These include tourism and recreational activities offered through the Upper Reach program. And the Virginia Coalition and the North Carolina Coalition, respectively, are comprised of health and business professionals concerned with the negative impacts from uranium mining in the basin.

On April 27, 2013, the RRBA Board voted unanimously to accept CommonHealthVA as an integral part of the RRBA family. CommonHealthVA emerged in 2012 when several organizations and localities that advocated maintaining the moratorium on uranium mining began a more organized collaboration and coordination of activities.

The strong efforts by the organizations and localities turned into a highly successful advocacy campaign under the CommonHealthVA umbrella. Those efforts led to a decisive win during the 2013 General Assembly Session when legislation seeking to remove the moratorium was withdrawn by its patron in the Senate and the House companion bill was never heard.

Nevertheless, Virginia Uranium, Inc. (VUI) has vowed publicly that they are not going to cease their efforts to lift the moratorium.

 

And to meet and defeat that challenge once again, CommonHealthVA and RRBA have taken steps to expand and deepen their efforts.

According to Gene Addesso, RRBA President, “RRBA is the perfect home for CommonHealthVA .

 

 We look forward to the collaboration of our resources to protect the economic and environmental base of our multi-state region. Already a cohesive forcefulness is emerging from this synergy.”

Andrew Lester, RRBA Executive Director, added that the approach will be “multi-lateral, supporting research, education, and citizen-driven advocacy through strategic partnerships, grassroots activism, and the media.”

For further information on CommonHealthVA or the Roanoke River Basin Association, please contact:
Andrew Lester, Executive Director
434-766-6727
www.rrba.org www.commonhealthva.org

North Anna PAZ and EAC

Protective Action Zones and Evacuation Assembly CentersThe green numbers on the map relate to the Protected Action Zone (PAZ) description and Evacuation Assembly Centers (EAC) listed above the map

Zones, Routes and and Assembly Centers

The following evacuation routes provide directions to exit the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone.

Zone 1 (not used) and Zone 2 Louisa County

Consists of Town of Mineral

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 618 west and US 522 south
• Use 208 west, 767 south and US 33 west
• Use 618 west, US 522 south and 605 south

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 3 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Routes 22/208
• south by Routes 605 and 643
• east by Routes 33/522 and the Mineral town line
• west by Routes 644, 33 and the Louisa town line

Primary evacuation route

• Use 767 south and US 33 west

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 4 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Route 208
• south by Routes 618 and 667
• east by Lake Anna, Contrary Creek and Routes 652 and 700
• west by Routes 208/522

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 613 west
• Use 522 north and 612 west
• Use 623 south, 208 west, 767 south and US 33 west

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 5 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Route 618
• south by Routes 33 and 657
• east by Route 609
• west by Route 522 and Route 33

Primary evacuation route

• Use 656 south and US 33 west

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 6 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Route 652
• south by Route 618
• east by Route 614
• west by Route 700

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 700 south and US 522 south
• Use 700 south, US 522 south and 605 south
• Use 652 west and 208, 613 west

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 7 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• northwest by Route 614
• northeast by Route 652
• east by Route 650
• southwest by Route 618

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 650 south, 618 east and 701 south
• Use 650 south, 618 east, 601 south and 655 south
• Use 650 south and 618 east
• Use 650 south, 618 west and 609 south

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 8 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• northeast by Lake Anna
• northwest by Contrary Creek
• southeast by Route 614
• southwest by Route 652

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 700 south and US 522 south
• Use 700 south and US 522, 605 south
• Use 700 south, 618 west and 208 west

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 9 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Routes 713 and northeast by Route 601
• south by Lake Anna
• east by Route 614
• west by Route 208 and Lake Anna

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 614 east and 738 north
• Use 614 east, 601 south, 622 east and 738 south
• Use 614 east, 657 east, 738 south and 605 east

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 10 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Lake Anna
• south by Route 622
• east by Lake Anna and Route 622
• west by Routes 652 and 614

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 622 west, 652 south, 650 south, 618 east and 701 south
• Use 622 west, 652 south, 650 south, 618 east, 601 south and 655 south
• Use 622 west, 652 south, 650 south and 618 east

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School

Zone 11 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Route 657
• south by Route 622
• east by Route 738
• west by Lake Anna and Route 614

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 622 east and 738 south
• Use 622 east, 738 north and 605 east
• Use 601 south, 715 east and 658 south

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 12 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Bluff Run and Glebe Run
• south by Routes 657, 614, 601 and 713
• east by Route 738
• west by Route 208

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 208 east toward Post Oak
• Use 614 east and 738 north
• Use 208 east, 650 north and 606 east

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 13 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Route 606
• south by Route 208
• east by Routes 208 and 650
• west by Routes 612, 601 and 655

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 208 east toward Post Oak
• Use 601 north and 653 west
• Use 208 east, 650 north and 606 east

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 14 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Route 601 and Route 612
• south by Lake Anna and Route 208
• east by Route 655
• west by Routes 612 and 719

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 612 west
• Use 612 west, 719 west and US 522 north
• Use 612 west, and US 522 north

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 15 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Lake Anna
• south by Route 208
• east by Lake Anna
• west by Routes 522 and 719

Primary evacuation routes

• Use US 522 north and 612 west
• Use US 522 north and 719 west
• Use US 522 north

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 16 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Lake Anna
• south by Routes 22, 208 and the Louisa town line
• east by Routes 719 and 522/208
• west by Colonial Pipeline

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 625 south and 208 west
• Use 613 west

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 17 Orange County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Routes 653 and 629
• south by Orange/Louisa County line (North Anna River)
• east by Orange/Spotsylvania County line
• west by Colonial Pipeline

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 719 west, 522 north and 651 south
• Use 719 west and US 522 north

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Prospect Heights Middle School

Zone 18 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• northeast by Routes 608 and 606
• south by Spotsylvania/Louisa County line (North Anna River)
• east by Routes 612 and 719
• west by Spotsylvania/Orange County line

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 652 north and 653 west
• Use 601 north and 651 south
• Use 719 west and 522 north
• Use 601 north

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 19 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Route 608
• south by Route 606
• east by Route 612
• west by Route 606

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 606 west

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 20 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Route 608
• south by Route 208
• east by Routes 649 and 606
• west by Routes 612, 606 and 650

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 606 west
• Use 606 east and 649 north

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 21 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Routes 208 and 606
• south by Route 605
• east by Routes 647 and 738
• west by Bluff Run, Glebe Run and Route 738

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 738 north
• Use 605 east

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 22 Spotsylvania County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by Routes 604 and 605
• south by North Anna River
• east by Spotsylvania/Caroline County line
• west by Routes 622 and 738

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 738 south
• Use 670 south and 738 south

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Courtland High School
• Massaponax High School

Zone 23 Caroline County

Consists of area bounded on the

• northeast by Route 738
• south by North Anna River
• east by Route 738
• west by Caroline/Spotsylvania County line

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 679 south and 669 south
• Use 669 south
• Use 671 north

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Caroline County High School
• Caroline County Middle School

Zone 24 Hanover County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by North Anna River
• south by Routes 608, 680, 729, 658, 715, 739 and 800
• east by Route 738 and North Anna River
• west by Hanover/Louisa County line

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 658 south
• Use 715 south
• Use 658 south, 680 south
• Use 618 east and 680 south

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Liberty Middle School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 25 Louisa County

Consists of area bounded on the

• north by North Anna River
• south by Routes 652, 701 and 601
• east by Route 601
• west by Route 622 and Route 652

Primary evacuation routes

• Use 622 north, 652 south, 650 south, 618 east and 701 south
• Use 622 north, 652 south, 650 south, 618 east and 601, 655 south
• Use 622 north, 652 south, 650 south and 618 east

Evacuation Assembly Centers

• Trevilians Elementary School
• Patrick Henry High School*

_{*Denotes host school for Louisa County}

Zone 26 Louisa County

 

More info:  https://www.dom.com/about/stations/nuclear/emergency-plans/north-anna-paz-and-eac.jsp

Virginia gets an agency to promote nuclear power

Nuclear authority generates controversy Rapp News By Stephen Nielsen Capital News Service, 18 April 13 RICHMOND – Virginia is creating a new agency to support development of nuclear power – a move that has upset environmentalists and open-government advocates, because the entity won’t have to comply with the state’s Freedom of Information Act and other laws…..

In January, Garrett introduced House Bill 1790, which sought to create the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority. Sen. Jeffrey McWaters, R-Virginia Beach, sponsored companion legislation – Senate Bill 1138 – in his chamber. Both bills were passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell…..



By Jan. 1, the authority will create the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium. By law, the consortium will seek to make Virginia “a leader in nuclear energy”; will serve as “an interdisciplinary study, research, and information resource for the Commonwealth on nuclear energy issues”; and will raise money for the authority from businesses and foundations……

the consortium won’t be a government agency – so it won’t be subject to FOIA. The consortium’s executive director and other employees also will be exempt from the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and other laws governing public employees……  legislators feared that organizations wouldn’t be willing to participate in the consortium if its meetings were public…..

Rhyne said the new law sets a bad precedent by exempting a government-affiliated agency, using public funds, from FOIA, which is sometimes called the sunshine law.

“They are spending taxpayer dollars and advising a public body, and those kinds of organizations and entities need to be subject to sunshine,” Rhyne said……. http://www.rappnews.com/2013/04/18/nuclear-authority-generates-controversy/120286/

http://nuclear-news.net/2013/04/19/virginia-gets-an-agency-to-promote-nuclear-power/

Happy Mother's Day u-news: Uranium Bunch pushing their agenda: 2013 Uranium Recovery Workshop

Happy Mother's Day u-news

The Coles Hill Uranium Deposit: An update on Politics and Path Forward in Virginia
Patrick Wales, Project Manager, Virginia Uranium
Andrea Jennetta, Publisher, Fuel Cycle Week

http://www.nma.org/index.php/meetings-and-events/46-about-nma/meetings-events/310-uranium-recovery-workshops

 

Comments from KM:  You can access the May 1 and 2 presentations (slides) of the NMA/NRC uranium recovery workshop. I encourage you to view all presentationa and send questions you may have to presenters. Patrick Wales' and Andrea Jennetta's have presentations are listed on the May 2 date. Neither appear to be "technical" in nature.

Wales presentation "The Coles Hill Uranium Deposit:An Update on Politics and a Path Forward in Virginia" reads like he's still "mining for investors. Slide 6 is frem a Virginia Tech Study showing flooding potential on VUI's property. Where flooding is likely to occur there is a conversation bubble which reads, " No Tailings in this area". Duh...that's pretty technical! The map does not show mining areas, proposed mill or tailings locations.

Jennetta's presentation entitled "Coles Hill: An Adventure in Pro-Nuclear Advocacy" promotes her "i dig uranium website" and uses cartoons and imagery to promote nuclear energy. Jennetta veiws this as an "adventure"? 

 

 

 

 Gretna festival

Comments from KM:  Keep The Ban proponents (whether they attended or not) were glad that the Gretna festival was a success. Next year should be even better. "All sponsors’ names will be on the banner next year, she (Burkholder) said". Had this been the case this year there would have been no controversy. I applaud Ms. Burkholder and the GMA this policy change and look forward to many years of Gretna Strawberry and Wine Festivals. Due to the policy change, attendance will be greater.

Festivals such as this are an opportunity showcase our healthy environment and rich heritage. They remind us of how very much we need to protect these aspects if we are to have a diverse and thriving economic future in which folks will want to raise their families. It is for these reasons that we should support a ban on uranium mining in Virginia.

http://www.newsadvance.com/go_dan_river/news/pittsylvania_county/article_f6dc143e-ba9f-11e2-a48b-001a4bcf6878.html

 

BY JOHN R. CRANEjcrane@registerbee.com(434) 791-7987newsadvance.com

GRETNA –
“People in Gretna realize this is about strawberries and the wine,” Burkholder said, referring to the uproar after it was revealed last week that VUI paid $2,000 for the event’s exclusive platinum-level sponsorship.

The festival was held in a grassy lot immediately west of Food Lion in Gretna.
The day was warm and overcast, with intermittent droplets of rain. The sun slowly and occasionally peeked through the clouds.


Handouts and yard signs – including those from mining opponents – were prohibited at the festival. Supporters of Centra, a sponsor of the event which hopes to bring a new CT scanner to Gretna, gave out T-shirts.

Only one entity was allowed to purchase platinum sponsorship.

VUI’s sponsorship prompted many uranium mining opponents – even some who had bought tickets in advance, according to a few Facebook comments - to decide against attending the event.

VUI was the only sponsor, among 13 others, whose name appeared on the event’s banner. That will change next year, said Burkholder, who plans to make the festival an annual occasion. All sponsors’ names will be on the banner next year, she said.

 

Uranium Mining: Going…Going…Gone?

April 29, 2013 by Blue Ridge Leader       

By Katherine Vance
Editor & Multimedia Producer, The Piedmont Environmental Council

In 2007, Virginia Uranium, Inc. (VUI) made their intentions clear: they wanted to persuade lawmakers to lift the Commonwealth’s standing moratorium on uranium mining and milling. The company had their eyes set on a large deposit of uranium in Southwest Virginia, and they ignored the numerous warnings and unknowns. Determined to break ground in Pittsylvania County, VUI poured millions into a massive lobbying effort and PR campaign to make it happen. They pulled all of the stops— including flying legislators to France.

Nevermind that, in the U.S., uranium mining and milling has never been attempted east of the Mississippi—where heavy rainfall, storms, tornados, and hurricanes are annual events. Nevermind that the toxic waste would put the water, air, and soil of numerous communities in Virginia and North Carolina at risk of contamination. Nevermind that multiple studies have linked exposure to uranium and mining wastes to numerous health issues. Nevermind the risks—VUI saw the chance for transitory economic gain, and they weren’t going to let warnings of long-term effects get in their way.

VUI pushed hard, and it seemed their work paid off when four bills were introduced to this year’s General Assembly—bills aiming to make uranium mining in VA a reality.

David vs. Goliath

 But we’ve been fighting back all along. PEC and our ally organizations have been joined by numerous localities, businesses, and individual citizens in the struggle against VUI and their millions of dollars. By the time those bills hit the Assembly’s floor, 58 government entities—from over 45 localities in VA and NC—had taken action to uphold the moratorium on uranium mining and milling. Thirty-one of those localities are in VA, including the county that would have felt the most immediate impact: Pittsylvania County. And that’s just the government entities—there were almost 70 additional organizations from both states that had taken a stand in support of the ban.

We fought for our air, we fought for our water, and we fought for our soils. We fought for economic development that plays off the region’s strengths without jeopardizing existing businesses and economic engines. We fought for an enlightened vision of the Commonwealth’s future—and it worked. VA’s legislators couldn’t ignore the overwhelming support of the ban, and the four bills were killed before they came out of committee.

“In the end,” says Rob Marmet, PEC’s Senior Energy Policy Analyst, “it wasn’t uncertainty that killed the bills this year, but the certainty that this was not in the best interest of the citizens of the Commonwealth and those downstream.”
 
Looking forward

 We’ve won a big battle, but the war is not over. VA’s uranium deposits are going nowhere, and so it is safe to assume that there are more fights ahead. PEC and our allies will continue to keep a close eye on this issue in 2013, and we ask that you do the same. We wouldn’t be surprised to see this issue come up in the 2014 General Assembly session.

So, don’t kick up your heels—stay informed. Elections are coming up for the State House, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor—and we encourage citizens to find out the various candidates’ views on uranium mining and milling. Let them know that this is an important issue for the Virginians of today and tomorrow.

PEC was founded in 1972 to promote and protect the Virginia Piedmont’s rural economy, natural resources, history and beauty in its nine county region — which includes Loudoun County. Learn more about PEC and this issue by visiting www.pecva.org/uranium

Canadian Mining Problems in America

DEQ, Cameco at odds over uranium well violation

Apr 23, 2013 at 9:01 AM MDT

GLENROCK, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and a uranium company disagree whether problems occurred at a well at an in-situ mine north of Glenrock.

Company paying $1 million over mine violations

Jul 10, 2008 at 8:51 PM MDT

In its March report, DEQ said the mine delayed restoration of groundwater and had an inadequate bond to cover restoration. The agreement calls for the company to accelerate restoration activity and to increase its reclamation bond from $40.7 million to $80 million.

Power Resources is a subsidiary of Cameco Corp.

 

Probe finds uranium mine violations

Apr 4, 2008 at 9:22 AM MDT

 

The six-page investigation report details several "long-standing" environmental concerns at the mine. Among them are delayed restoration of groundwater, "routine" spills, and a seriously inadequate bond to cover restoration. Power Resources is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cameco Corporation.

 

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Group sues over planned SW Wyo. uranium mine

Nov 11, 2012 at 1:01 PM MDT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An environmental group has filed suit to contest federal approval of a uranium mine in southwest Wyoming

NRC: Company to take steps after yellowcake mishap

Jul 8, 2012 at 1:01 PM MDT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a Canadian company has agreed to take steps to improve safety after three workers were exposed to yellowcake from Wyoming

NRC headed to NE Wyo. uranium mine after incident

Oct 6, 2011 at 8:00 PM MDT

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it is sending an inspector to a uranium mine in northeast Wyoming after an incident involving yellowcake

Falling prices take toll on Wyoming uranium projects

May 11, 2009 at 12:07 PM MDT

 

Northern Colorado residents oppose uranium mine

Jul 17, 2007 at 4:55 PM MDT

 

Firefighting helicopter scoops water from uranium tailings pond

Jul 13, 2007 at 3:34 PM MDT

 

http://www.kulr8.com/results?keywords=uranium+mining&searchType=gen&submit.x=42&submit.y=0&pg=2

 

 

Mother's Day

Uranium and Nuke News: Keep the Ban!

Crapo continues 8-year quest to aid Idaho ‘downwinders’
Idaho’s senior Sen. Mike Crapo has again joined New Mexico Democratic Sen. Tom Udall as the lead Republican sponsor of amendments to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, a 1990 law passed to compensate Americans for illness and death caused in the development and testing of nuclear weapons.
Since 2005, when he introduced his first bill, Crapo has worked to expand RECA’s “compassionate” payments to downwinders beyond 21 counties in Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Crapo got involved after Idahoans who believed they were sickened by radiation convinced the National Academy of Sciences to hold a hearing in Boise.
In 1997, the National Cancer Institute released a study estimating fallout from iodine-131 in the Lower 48 states. The report said four Idaho counties – Gem, Blaine, Custer and Lemhi – ranked in the top five in the Lower 48 states for per capita thyroid dosage from bomb-related radiation. The other 40 Idaho counties all had higher thyroid dosage than some RECA-covered counties. Utah GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch, author of the law, has resisted expansion.
The latest measure, S. 773, was introduced Thursday. Other co-sponsors are Idaho GOP Sen. Jim Risch and Democratic Sens. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Michael Bennet and Mark Udall of Colorado. S. 773 mirrors S. 791, introduced in 2011. The bill would establish parity for downwinders who contract cancers associated with bomb tests, along with uranium workers and on-site employees. Injured parties would be eligible for payments of $150,00. To date, $1.8 billion in claims have paid under the law, with $842 million going to almost 17,000 downwinders.
Current law allows payments of $50,000 to downwinders or their survivors, $75,000 to on-site participants at atmospheric nuclear weapons tests and $100,000 to uranium miners, millers and ore transporters.
Said Crapo in a Friday news release: “Idaho Communities and individuals that have been adversely affected by our nation’s weapons programs must be justly and sufficiently compensated by the federal government. Passage of this bipartisan legislation is crucial in ensuring Idahoans get the care they need.”
Said Risch: “This bill once again seeks a fair resolution for those people impacted by the nuclear testing program, just as others in surrounding states have been provided. Idahoans deserve the same care and compensation because of the identical health effects.”

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Protect Holy Mount Taylor: MASE Urges Opposition to Roca Honda Uranium Mine

Indigenous Action Media

Hello friends and allies,

Many of you are aware of MASE and the work we are doing in northwestern New Mexico to stop proposed new uranium mines in and around our communities.  The Forest Service has just released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Roca Honda mine, the first proposed new mine in New Mexico in more than 30 years.  Aside from the environmental impacts of the Roca Honda mine, MASE is very concerned with protecting a Native American sacred site, Mt. Taylor, on which the mine is being proposed.  Please join us and support our efforts to stop this mine by sending in letters and comments to the Forest Service urging them to deny the Roca Honda Mine’s Plan of Operations.  I have attached our talking points, and a letter from the Forest Service announcing the release of the DEIS.  We would greatly appreciate your organization sending in letters and sending alerts to your networks and membership asking them to do the same.  Our talking points are attached, but please feel free to elaborate on those points and make additional comments.
READ MORE:  http://www.indigenousaction.org/protect-holy-mt-taylor-mase-urges-opposition-to-roca-honda-uranium-mine/

 

Strateco starts legal action against Quebec uranium moratorium

By: Henry Lazenby Published: 22nd April 2013

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Quebec-based Strateco Resources on Monday said it had started a series of legal actions against the province’s environmental agency to assert its uranium exploration rights. Strateco, which owns and was developing the Matoush uranium project located within a First Nation reserve, said following the moratorium on the issuance of permits for uranium projects announced late in March by the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Wildlife and Parks (MDDEP) Yves-François Blanchet, it had served the MDDEP with a notice for damages and interest set at an initial amount of $16-million. This sum represented the loss in the company's market capitalisation since the Minister’s announcement. Strateco on Monday said it held Blanchet liable for damages caused by his “misconduct” up until this time, and that it had given instructions for legal proceedings to be instituted to obtain compensatory and punitive damages. Strateco reserved all rights to any future claims in the event of undue delays, which were currently subject to continue and lead to irreparable losses for the Matoush project, and added that an additional amount would be added to the claim. It would represent compensation for the loss of value of the project, the amount of which was yet to be determined, as well as the loss of $120-million invested so far. Strateco also asked the Quebec Superior Court to issue a safeguard order. The company said it believed that the government has upset the balance between the parties. The impact is such that, without a rapid safeguard and recovery order, Strateco was unlikely to be able to maintain its Matoush facilities or cover the costs essential to the viability of this project until the court ruling. “Considering the urgency of the situation, the balance of convenience, the fact that Strateco would experience serious and irreparable damages and the appearance of illegality of the government's position, Strateco requests that the court orders the government to pay a sum ranging from $420 000 up to $800 000 on the last day of each month beginning on May 31, and until September 30 at minimum,” the company said in a statement. These amounts represented the shortfall between Strateco's available cash and sums required to cover basic costs to sustain the Matoush project. Further, Strateco also amended its petition for mandamus, which, originally, asked the Quebec Superior Court to order the Minister to make a decision on the issuance of permits. Strateco now asked that the court ordered the provincial government to issue permits for the project. "We are of the opinion that the government's position is contrary to the provisions of the Environment Quality Act and that it is irreconcilable with the principles of good faith that must guide it. The government is taking part in an illegal decision," Strateco CEO Guy Hébert said. The Minister's announcement followed ongoing legal proceedings aimed at forcing the provincial government to make a decision on the company’s flagship Matoush project, which is located east of James Bay on The James Bay Cree Nation’s Eeyou Istchee reserve. Last year, after two years of public hearings, the James Bay Cree Nation enacted a permanent moratorium on uranium exploration, mining, milling and waste emplacement on their territory on the east shore of James Bay, known as Eeyou Istchee. Despite this moratorium, federal regulators, including the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, allowed Strateco’s Matoush uranium project to proceed within this Cree territory. Nevertheless, before this project could proceed, provincial authorisation was also required, for which Strateco had already been waiting for two years.

http://www.miningweekly.com/article/strateco-starts-legal-action-against-quebec-uranium-moratorium-2013-04-22

 

DEQ, Cameco at odds over uranium well violation

Story Published: Apr 23, 2013 at 9:01 AM MDT

Story Updated: Apr 23, 2013 at 9:01 AM MDT

GLENROCK, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and a uranium company disagree whether problems occurred at a well at an in-situ mine north of Glenrock.

The DEQ has issued a violation notice against Cameco Resources, owner of the Smith Ranch-Highland uranium facility.
Wells at the facility have been drilled into uranium-bearing formations. The wells put a solution called lixiviant underground to leach uranium out of the rock.
A solution containing uranium is then pumped to the surface.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/11vEO5t) state regulators issued a violation notice in March after monitoring data showed that lixiviant may have spread from a ruptured well casing. Cameco officials shut down the well but say their own data show no leakage of mining solution.
 

http://www.kulr8.com/news/wyoming/204125231.html

 

Uranium workers may get more help

The late Tom Green is shown with an X-ray of his diseased lungs in 2010 in his Price, Utah, home. Despite having a terminal illness likely connected to radiation exposure, Green was ineligible for compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Green died that same year. Now the law may be expanding to cover such cases.

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/uranium-workers-may-get-more-help/

DOE finalizing plans to dump man-made uranium in Nevada

By Barnini Chakraborty

Published April 13, 2013

FoxNews.com

 

WASHINGTON –  A Department of Energy plan to drag hundreds of canisters of radioactive nuclear material into the Nevada desert for a “shallow land burial” is raising safety concerns as experts worry what could happen if the security of the bomb-making material were compromised.
Energy officials told FoxNews.com the department is preparing to ship 403 welded steel containers of a man-made highly radioactive cargo to the Nevada National Security Site, about an hour northwest of Las Vegas.
The canisters would carry about 2.6 kilograms of uranium-233 and uranium-235 – two products so dangerous that they require safety escorts and can only be handled with remote-controlled cranes.
The radiation at the exterior of the canisters is about 300 rads (radiation absorbed dose), which categorizes it as a high-hazard level. According to Robert Alvarez of the Institute of Policy Studies, this raises serious proliferation and safety concerns.
“I went over to the headquarters, talked to project managers. They all sort of gave me the ‘I don’t know’ response,” Alvarez told FoxNews.com. “Nobody wants to deal with it.”

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Fukushima nuclear cooling system offline for third time in 5 weeks

 

Published on Apr 22, 2013
3:03 PM

TOKYO (REUTERS) - Tepco halted the cooling system for a spent fuel pool at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday, the third time a cooling system has been offline there in the past five weeks, underlining the challenges the utility faces in trying to shut down the facility.
The company, formally known as Tokyo Electric Power Co , said in a statement that it halted the system for the No.2 unit's spent fuel pool for inspection after it found dead rats near a transformer.

Neb. utility meets with NRC on troubled nuke plant

By JOSH FUNK  Associated Press April 22, 2013 - 4:12 pm EDT OMAHA, Nebraska — The utility that owns the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in Nebraska said Monday it plans to strengthen protections against tornado debris and flooding before restarting the plant, which has been idle for two years. Omaha Public Power District officials updated the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Monday on changes being made at the plant that might require amending its operating license. The Fort Calhoun plant, which is about 20 miles north of Omaha, has been shut down since April 2011. It initially went offline for routine maintenance, but flooding along the Missouri River and a series of safety violations forced it to stay closed. The violations included the failure of a key electrical part during a 2010 test, a small electrical fire in June 2011, and deficiencies in flood planning that were discovered a year before the extended flooding in 2011. The utility has been addressing problems at the plant and hopes to restart it this spring. But regulators are still inspecting the work, and they won't allow the plant to restart unless they're confident it's safe. On Monday, the Omaha Public Power District told regulators about several changes that are being made at the plant to improve safety and some long-standing paperwork problems it hopes to clear up. The utility is in the process of installing steel cages around equipment on the outside of the plant to protect the equipment in case a tornado ever sends projectiles flying in the area. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/976a7760d202498aa3249f3bb4ac99c6/NE--Nuclear-Safety-Nebraska Jadugoda:  Nuclear Graveyard Laxmi das has had three miscarriages and lost five children within a week of their births. When her ninth child, Gudia, survived, she considered herself fortunate until she discovered that her baby has cerebral palsy and would be bed ridden for life. Gudia passed away recently, leaving the scars of her memory. In Jadugoda,  a uranium-rich district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, there are many women who share Laxmi's poignant fate. Radiation and health experts across the world charge that toxic materials and radioactivity released by the mining and processing operations are causing widespread infertility, congenital deformities, spontaneous abortions, genetic mutation, death of newborns, cancer, lung diseases etc. . With more than hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste stored in the tailing ponds of Jadugoda which is constantly producing large amount of toxic gases and nuclear radiation contaminating the water, vegetation, soil and subsequently entering the food chain. The dumped nuclear waste can remain radioactive and dangerous for millions of years. UCIL, the company responsible for mining, refuses to acknowledge the problems of the local communities and is opening new mines around Jadugoda and in other parts of the country. http://www.chinkyshukla.com/jadugoda--the-nuclear-graveyard.html

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