Post by mwardncsu on Nov 28, 2012 21:20:08 GMT -5
I guess this is the best place to put this..... a member on the board forwarded this along and asked me to post it. It is a copy of an ad that has and will continue to run in some of the newspapers in the local area. A PDF version of the ad is attached to the bottom....
Here is the copy of the ad...
Here is the copy of the ad...
VIRGINIA URANIUM MINING SAY NO NOW and BE HEARD
* Clean water is a precious resource we have in this region that is a fundamental and increasingly rare asset — critical to the health and growth of our local and regional economies and the well-being of ALL of its inhabitants.
* A moratorium on Uranium mining in Virginia was put in place 30 years ago because of safety concerns and the desire to protect the region and its future. The reasons for that prudent and responsible action have not changed – just new players with financial motivation to sell the Uranium (most likely to China and other markets outside the US) want this moratorium lifted. What will happen when the market price drops?
* Since 2007, the leadership in Virginia has accommodated a CANADIAN company with a subsidiary named Virginia Uranium, Inc. (VUI) to facilitate lifting this moratorium. A vote by the VA General Assembly is anticipated in early January.
* Unprecedented non-partisan opposition including entities like the Lake Gaston Association, many Virginia watershed communities and consumers, and all counties and municipalities in northeastern NC along the Roanoke River Basin have passed resolutions opposed to lifting this moratorium. WE NOW NEED OUR INDIVIDUAL VOICES FROM BOTH VA RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES IN JANUARY. PLEASE BE SURE TO RESPOND BY DECEMBER 25.
THE DATA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
(This possible scenario is from Virginia Beach’s simulation models.)
<see graphic in attachement>
This image shows the level of radioactive contamination to the Roanoke River Basin watershed 76 days after contamination due to a failure in a containment cell that could result from a hurricane, heavy downpour, or earthquake. Radioactive particles would remain in the watershed bed forever.
All the other studies agree on the following points:
Our climate, unpredictable acts of nature (e.g. earthquakes last summer near the mining site), and weather events (e.g. Hurricane Sandy) in this region are significant factors that can cause contamination.
* Regardless of claims and assurances being made by the proponents, there are NO BEST PRACTICES for mining Uranium in a hurricane zone near an active fault line. Mining in a hurricane zone would be an experiment.
To learn more about this important issue, please visit these websites:
* Virginia Coalition Against Uranium Mining: www.readthereports.org
* North Carolina Coalition Against Uranium Mining: www.nccaum.org
* Virginia Beach Studies (with simulations): www.vbgov.com/government/departments/public-utilities/pages/uranium-mining.aspx
WHO TO CONTACT BY DEC 25

Governor Bob McDonnell
Office of the Governor
Patrick Henry Building, 3rd Floor 1111 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219
Office: (804) 786-2211 Fax: (804) 371-6351
Senators at their District Office
apps.lis.virginia.gov/sfb1/Senate/TelephoneList.aspx
Click on senator’s name for the district office address.

This advertisement is sponsored and paid for by the Roanoke River Basin Association.
* Clean water is a precious resource we have in this region that is a fundamental and increasingly rare asset — critical to the health and growth of our local and regional economies and the well-being of ALL of its inhabitants.
* A moratorium on Uranium mining in Virginia was put in place 30 years ago because of safety concerns and the desire to protect the region and its future. The reasons for that prudent and responsible action have not changed – just new players with financial motivation to sell the Uranium (most likely to China and other markets outside the US) want this moratorium lifted. What will happen when the market price drops?
* Since 2007, the leadership in Virginia has accommodated a CANADIAN company with a subsidiary named Virginia Uranium, Inc. (VUI) to facilitate lifting this moratorium. A vote by the VA General Assembly is anticipated in early January.
* Unprecedented non-partisan opposition including entities like the Lake Gaston Association, many Virginia watershed communities and consumers, and all counties and municipalities in northeastern NC along the Roanoke River Basin have passed resolutions opposed to lifting this moratorium. WE NOW NEED OUR INDIVIDUAL VOICES FROM BOTH VA RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES IN JANUARY. PLEASE BE SURE TO RESPOND BY DECEMBER 25.
THE DATA SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
(This possible scenario is from Virginia Beach’s simulation models.)
<see graphic in attachement>
This image shows the level of radioactive contamination to the Roanoke River Basin watershed 76 days after contamination due to a failure in a containment cell that could result from a hurricane, heavy downpour, or earthquake. Radioactive particles would remain in the watershed bed forever.
All the other studies agree on the following points:
Our climate, unpredictable acts of nature (e.g. earthquakes last summer near the mining site), and weather events (e.g. Hurricane Sandy) in this region are significant factors that can cause contamination.
* Regardless of claims and assurances being made by the proponents, there are NO BEST PRACTICES for mining Uranium in a hurricane zone near an active fault line. Mining in a hurricane zone would be an experiment.
To learn more about this important issue, please visit these websites:
* Virginia Coalition Against Uranium Mining: www.readthereports.org
* North Carolina Coalition Against Uranium Mining: www.nccaum.org
* Virginia Beach Studies (with simulations): www.vbgov.com/government/departments/public-utilities/pages/uranium-mining.aspx
WHO TO CONTACT BY DEC 25

Governor Bob McDonnell
Office of the Governor
Patrick Henry Building, 3rd Floor 1111 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219
Office: (804) 786-2211 Fax: (804) 371-6351
Senators at their District Office
apps.lis.virginia.gov/sfb1/Senate/TelephoneList.aspx
Click on senator’s name for the district office address.

This advertisement is sponsored and paid for by the Roanoke River Basin Association.
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