Martu concerns "`The proposed mine will create up to three million tonnes a year of radioactive tailings waste that will remain radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years, long after the proponents of this 15-year project have moved on,” he said. “The details of Cameco’s submission regarding the Kintyre deposit in the east Pilbara show exactly why we need a public inquiry into uranium mining in WA.” While the company’s priorities are keeping safety, health and environmental risks “as low as reasonably achievable” it expects its operations will lower the water table in the area, impact on local indigenous communities and affect endangered species such as the northern quoll, bilby and northern marsupial mole." WDLACs threats "The Cameco deal is yet to be ratified and a splinter group of Martu people have moved to mount a legal protest to the agreement — some say to stop development, but others view it as a political play. Addressing the concert crowd, WDLAC chief executive Noel Whitehead issued a blunt warning to the dissenters, fearing that all the hard work could be undone. “We will fight you all of the way,” he said from the stage. “If you are successful you will jeopardise about $200 million that will be brought into the community over the next 10 to 12 years.”
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 05:49:55 +0000
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