NM seeks to intervene in uranium case

they should include years of paper work filed on behalf of all underground miners.from the 70's they were at risk.then and now they are part of this great state; fearless workers to help supply amercias nucular ambishions,

This is a bad idea at best. What about all of the radioactive dust waiting to be inhaled? There will be a spike in cancer deaths there in a few years if they push this through.

No matter the outcome of this and other legal battles, the groundwater will still be contaminated. The negative economic impact of the proposed ISL mine in Western NM should be reason enough to deny all land-use permits for uranium mining, to say nothing of the potential negative health effects associated with this toxic process.
The leaching liquid used for in-situ leaching contains the leaching agent ammonium carbonate for example, or - particularly in Europe - sulfuric acid. This method can only be applied if the uranium deposit is located in porous rock, confined in impermeable rock layers. here are some of the hazards of the in situ mining.
Kingsville Dome ISL license violations
Uranium Spill - URI, Incorporated - Kingsville, Texas FROM 2000 - 1997 URI HAS A HISTORY OF SPILLS THAT CONTAMINATE OUR GROUND WATER AND SOILS
WE NEED TO THNK ABOUT THE HEALTH OF OUR FAMILIES IN WESTERN NM AND PLACE THEIR WELL BEING BEFORE THE ALL MIGHTY DOLLAR THAT SEEMS TO BE MORE IMPORTANT TO THE GOVERNOR AND HIS CRONIES WHO SEEM TO BE IN THE POCKETS OF URI!

Sounds Like FAT BILL wants to pollute our water here after all the support we gave him in northerwestern NM including Navajos. FAT BILL needs to get going somewhere else instead of trying to set a bar too high even for himself.

bill the thrill dosent care about the future of our kids our families the mine will pay him heftey, while the extractors miners .get raido ative. and pass it on.his thinking we will die off .he will be very rich.retired.just anouther good deal for him and staff.

Really the only good thing coming from this is the job creation. Its really too bad that it is dangerous, dirty work. I hope this idea crashes and burns.

The proposed operation will not be dangerous and dirty underground mine. It will be an in-situ leach operation where they inject chemicals into the groundwater in the ore zone to mobilize the uranium. Then they pump out the groundwater containing the uranium and precipitate it. There are significant issues about whether or not the groundwater quality can be restored after mining. But this type of operation is very different from the underground mining of the 1950's thru the 1980's.

yes its called airborn polution. water satration even more dangeros.the miners of the past drank the water.worked in water inhaled the dust.so we could feed there familys and have sufferd for it.they wore bagedes on there helmits . for raidon levels.that were never checked. by this gov or owners of these mines.this is a fed rule not enforced.now the native amercians will suffer even more.on there owne land.

I have a great idea.
Let's pump causic soda into the ground, mobilize uranium, and see if it ends up in the ground water in 50 or 100 years.

loco dick wrote:

I have a great idea.
Let's pump causic soda into the ground, mobilize uranium, and see if it ends up in the ground water in 50 or 100 years.

Sulfuric acid works much better, and leaches the uranium much faster, than caustic soda.

bahegratCAT wrote:

Sounds Like FAT BILL wants to pollute our water here after all the support we gave him in northerwestern NM including Navajos. FAT BILL needs to get going somewhere else instead of trying to set a bar too high even for himself.

Someone has to pay his (Slick Billy's) lawyers since N. Korea won't talk to him anymore.