Comments on: World Preps for a Nuclear Renaissance: Huge Boost in Uranium Exploration http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/25/world-preps-for-a-nuclear-renaissance-huge-boost-in-uranium-exploration/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Bill Woods http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/25/world-preps-for-a-nuclear-renaissance-huge-boost-in-uranium-exploration/#comment-2956 Bill Woods Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:16:09 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/25/world-preps-for-a-nuclear-renaissance-huge-boost-in-uranium-exploration/#comment-2956 "To put this number in perspective, while it might be less than the 2006 total of $774,K percent more than in 2004." Presumably there's a missing 'million' after 774, and the "K" should be a number. "To put this number in perspective, while it might be less than the 2006 total of $774,K percent more than in 2004."

Presumably there's a missing 'million' after 774, and the "K" should be a number.

]]> By: igmuska, South Dakot http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/25/world-preps-for-a-nuclear-renaissance-huge-boost-in-uranium-exploration/#comment-2951 igmuska, South Dakot Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:18:53 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/25/world-preps-for-a-nuclear-renaissance-huge-boost-in-uranium-exploration/#comment-2951 You've written a total piece of garbage. Your facts are wrong. You have lost credibility points in the game of truth. You've written a total piece of garbage. Your facts are wrong. You have lost credibility points in the game of truth.

]]> By: Donald Pay http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/25/world-preps-for-a-nuclear-renaissance-huge-boost-in-uranium-exploration/#comment-2935 Donald Pay Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:28:19 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/25/world-preps-for-a-nuclear-renaissance-huge-boost-in-uranium-exploration/#comment-2935 I've never read a more ignorant comment on uranium mining. Mining uranium is a high risk enterprise that requires the highest possible standards. A couple weeks ago Heritage Foundation had a map of the growth in nuclear power. Why should the US mine a dangerous commodity to send it overseas to China, Russia and India? Uranium is a commodity sold worldwide. The mines you tout in your piece are selling that uranium either on the world market where anyone can buy it, or under contract to foreign corporations and syndicates. The Western US remains dotted with the failures of the uranium mining industry. An industry that was responsible might first seek to clean up the mess left all over the Western U.S. from previous mining, rather than sticking taxpayers with that bill. Of course the fact that the modern uranium companies are mostly foreign backed entities means they have little interest in meeting our environmental standards. Second,a stronger regulatory environment might actually serve the industry better than your calls for relaxed regulation. No one is going to allow uranium mining without the toughest possible standards that will protect groundwater and other resources. Unfortunately, the industry has been lobbying state legislatures and agencies for lax regulations. You can bet that the states with initiative and referendum will not sit by and watch another round of irresponsible uranium miners. It's unfortunate and unAmerican that the Heritage Foundation puts itself at odds with grassroots ranchers and businesspeople and their children in this coutnry to support foreign corporations backed by Chinese and Middle Eastern money. Where are the Americans at Heritage these days? Have you all been bought by foreign syndicates? I've never read a more ignorant comment on uranium mining. Mining uranium is a high risk enterprise that requires the highest possible standards.

A couple weeks ago Heritage Foundation had a map of the growth in nuclear power. Why should the US mine a dangerous commodity to send it overseas to China, Russia and India?

Uranium is a commodity sold worldwide. The mines you tout in your piece are selling that uranium either on the world market where anyone can buy it, or under contract to foreign corporations and syndicates.

The Western US remains dotted with the failures of the uranium mining industry. An industry that was responsible might first seek to clean up the mess left all over the Western U.S. from previous mining, rather than sticking taxpayers with that bill. Of course the fact that the modern uranium companies are mostly foreign backed entities means they have little interest in meeting our environmental standards.

Second,a stronger regulatory environment might actually serve the industry better than your calls for relaxed regulation. No one is going to allow uranium mining without the toughest possible standards that will protect groundwater and other resources. Unfortunately, the industry has been lobbying state legislatures and agencies for lax regulations. You can bet that the states with initiative and referendum will not sit by and watch another round of irresponsible uranium miners.

It's unfortunate and unAmerican that the Heritage Foundation puts itself at odds with grassroots ranchers and businesspeople and their children in this coutnry to support foreign corporations backed by Chinese and Middle Eastern money.

Where are the Americans at Heritage these days? Have you all been bought by foreign syndicates?

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