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Monday, March 16, 2015

All cost, no benefit – EPA proposes onerous 33 year monitoring requirement for ISR mining


From Atomic Insights

All cost, no benefit – EPA proposes onerous 33 year monitoring requirement for ISR mining

http://atomicinsights.com/all-cost-no-benefit-epa-proposes-onerous-33-year-monitoring-requirement-for-isr-mining/

On Jan 26, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that will have the effect — intended or unintended — of eliminating in-situ leach (ISL) uranium mining in the US. The technology, which the EPA choses to call in-situ recovery (ISR), is the dominant technology used by operating mines. Therefore the rule could eliminate most US uranium production.

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