Kemgbe emepere mkpuru uranium nke McArthur River ya, na 1999, Cameco Corporation abụrụla onye ndu zuru ụwa ọnụ na mmepụta uranium na mmetọ mmiri dị n'ime ala. N'ime afọ iri gara aga, a katọrọ Cameco maka ọdịda m, mmetọ mmiri dị n'ime ala, nnukwu uranium na cyanide, na ihe mberede ụgbọ njem - kacha nso nso a na Nebraska, Wyoming na Saskatchewan….
"Enweghị ihe ọmụma bara uru gbasara mmejọ na mgbaji"
Oglala Sioux Nation, yana Western Nebraska Resources Coalition, Owe Aku/Bring Back the Way, Clean Water Advocacy Project, Rock the Earth, na ndị ọzọ na-arịọ arịrịọ na-agba akwụkwọ n'ụzọ iwu megide Crow Butte Resources (CBR), onye enyemaka nke Cameco. Ndị na-arịọ arịrịọ na-ekwusi ike na ọrụ uranium in-situ nke CBR, dị nso na Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, na-emerụ mmiri mmiri nke Brule, Arikaree na High Plains, bụ isi iyi nke mmiri ọhụrụ na-esite na Texas ruo South Dakota nke na-enye mmiri a na-amị mkpụrụ maka ịkụ akwụkwọ nri, ọka na ọka. ịzụ anụ ụlọ. Igwe egwu Crow Butte na-ewepụta ihe dị ka kilogram 800,000 nke uranium “cake edo edo” kwa afọ, nke a na-eji maka ike na Canada.
CBR na-agba mbọ ugbu a ịgbasa ọrụ ya iji gụnye n'ime ọnọdụ mmịpụta uranium site na High Plains Aquifer - otu n'ime mgbasawanye Ngwuputa uranium atọ nke Cameco dị na nso Crawford, Nebraska. Usoro ịsa ahụ n'ime ebe ahụ chọrọ ịgbanye ngwọta bicarbonate nke na-ewepụta uranium n'ime ahụ aja aja. A na-agbanyeghachi mmiri mkpofu nke “gwọtara” n'ime aquifer. Usoro a na-ewepụta kemịkalụ redio na-egbu egbu dị ka arsenic, radium, radon, na thorium n'ime aquifer. Ndị na-arịọ arịrịọ na-ekwusi ike na ngwuputa uranium n'ime ebe na-egbochi ịdị mma mmiri ịlaghachi n'ọkwa ntọala.
N'okwu ikpe nke Jenụwarị 16, ndị na-arịọ arịrịọ kwusiri ike na ọrụ CBR emebiela ikike nke Tribe, n'okpuru Ft. Nkwekọrịta Laramie nke 1851 na 1868, iwu India US na amụma ikpe ziri ezi gburugburu ebe obibi, Nkwupụta United Nations nke ikike nke ụmụ amaala, ọgbụgba ndụ mba ụwa na ikike obodo na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, yana nkuzi Winters, nke na-eme ka ndoputa Pine Ridge nọgidere na-enweta ya. ruo oke mmiri dị mma.
Dị ka ndị na-arịọ arịrịọ si kwuo, CBR akọpụtala mpụta 23 nke ihe redioaktivu n'ụlọ ọrụ ya dị na Dawes County, Nebraska ma kweta na "nwụfu ihe dị ka galọn 300,000 nke ihe mkpofu redioaktivu n'ebe a na-egwupụta ihe dị na Crawford, Nebraska ... enweghị ike ikpochapụ otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ. nke mwụfu ahụ ruru ihe dị ka 100,000 galọn nke ihe mkpofu mmiri redio…. nnabata….na otu galọn kwa nkeji ntapu ruo ọtụtụ afọ n'ime aquifer Brule…
Ndị na-arịọ arịrịọ na-ekwusi ike na ihe omume CBR mere na mbụ ebutela mmechi opekata mpe olulu mmiri 98 na Ndoputa Pine Ridge n'ihi mmetọ arsenic metụtara nke sitere na ọdịda chadron nke ọma. Mmetọ nke ọma butere mmụba nke nsogbu akụrụ na ọrịa kansa.
Affidavits na-akwado nkwupụta nke ndị na-arịọ arịrịọ gosipụtara mkpa ọ dị maka "ịga n'ihu na ịnweta mmiri dị ọcha nke mpaghara maka ọgwụ na emume." Ndị na-akwado ya gụnyere onye na-akwado ikike ụmụ amaala na onye edemede, Winona LaDuke, si Honor the Earth.
N'April 29, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) kwetara na Western Nebraska Resources Coalition na Owe Aku / Bring Back the Way (otu Lakota sitere na Pine Ridge Reservation) nwere ikike iwu kwadoro yana na Oglala Sioux kwesịrị ịtụle dị ka ihe nwere ike ime. onye nsonye. Ndị NRC ghọtara nchegbu gbasara mmetọ mmiri dị n'ime ala na ihe iyi egwu ahụike mmadụ kwesịrị ịtụlekwu. Ndị NRC kwekọrịtakwara ịnụ mkpesa ndị na-arịọ arịrịọ na steeti Nebraska na-enye ụlọ ọrụ nwere ikike ịgwupụta uranium, nke nwere ike imebi iwu. 1954 Atomic Energy Act.
Ndị NRC kwekwara ka ha leba anya n'akwụkwọ ozi Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) nke na-akatọ ozi geological nke Cameco nyere na-eleghara ohere maka mmejọ na mgbaji dị n'okpuru ala na-ekwe ka mmiri mkpofu m mebie mmiri ndị dị n'okpuru. Dị ka NRC si kwuo, arịrịọ Cameco maka ịwepu mmiri mmiri na-egosi "enweghị ihe ọmụma dị mkpa gbasara mmejọ na mgbaji nke nwere ike inye ohere maka ịgwakọta mmiri na mmiri dị iche iche."
Mwụfu nke “na-emekarị”.
Na Wyoming gbara agbata obi, Ngalaba steeti ahụ maka ịdịmma gburugburu ebe obibi (WDEQ) katọrọ Cameco n'oge na-adịbeghị anya maka ọrụ Smith-Highland Ranch uranium, ugwu Douglas. Ọ bụ Power Resources Inc. na-ahụ maka ogbunigwe in-situ, enyemaka nke Cameco nwere kpam kpam.
Nnyocha nke nwere ibe isii na-akọwa ọtụtụ mmebi gburugburu ebe obibi "dị ogologo oge", dị ka igbu oge na iweghachi mmiri dị n'ime ala emetọọ, "ihe na-emekarị" na-adaba na ịdị adị nke njikọ ezughị oke iji kpuchie mweghachi saịtị zuru ezu.
Onye nkwuchite ụlọ ọrụ, Gord Struthers, na-ekwu na okwu ndị a metụtara akwụkwọ ụlọ ọrụ na-adịghị mma ma na-ekwusi ike na Cameco kwadoro gburugburu ebe obibi. Dị ka Struthers si kwuo, "Ọ na-esiri anyị ike ịkụda ụkpụrụ anyị n'ọnọdụ a, mana echere m na n'ime afọ ndị gafeworonụ, o doro anya na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ abụwo onye na-arụ ọrụ siri ike. Gburugburu ebe obibi bụ otu n'ime ihe kacha anyị mkpa."
Na-agbakwunye na aha ụlọ ọrụ ahụ maka ịwụfu mmiri na-emetọ oge niile na mmiri dị n'ime ala, ndị ọrụ ngo achọpụtara mpụta mmiri sitere na igwe igwe Cameco's Rabbit Lake, na Jenụwarị 26, nke kpatara n'ihi mwepu nke usoro usoro n'ala ụlọ igwe. Dị ka ọnụ na-ekwuchitere ụlọ ọrụ, Struthers, ọ dịghị mgbe mmiri ahụ etinyeghị ndị ọrụ ma ọ bụ mmiri dị n'ime ala n'ihe ize ndụ ma ọ gaghị enwe mmebi ogologo oge. Struthers na-ekwu na mmiri dị n'ime ala gbara ihe owuwu ahụ "n'ezie" na-asọba n'ebe a na-ahụ maka ọdụ ọdụ, bụ ebe ọ nwere ya.
Kevin Scissons, onye isi ụlọ ọrụ Canada Safety Safety Commission (CNSC) kwuru na Cameco agaghị akwụ ụgwọ ntaramahụhụ maka ntanye ahụ, bụ nke ghọrọ ihe na-emekarị n'ọtụtụ ọrụ Cameco. Dị ka Scissons si kwuo, "Ntaramahụhụ nye ha, n'ezie, ọ bụrụ na ị na-ele ya anya, [Cameco] agbatịwo nkwụsị igwe ha ma jiri nnukwu dollar mee mgbanwe na igbochi nke a."
Cameco kọọbu ọkwa mgbawa n'okpuru ala na oke mmiri Rabbit na Nọvemba, 2007, na Eagle Point Mine.
"Usoro na-abụghị ọkọlọtọ na ụlọ ọrụ kacha mma"
Ọ bụ ezie na Canada na-enye ihe dịka 30% nke uranium ụwa, Cameco's McArthur River uranium mine, naanị ya, na-enye 20% nke ụwa ma bụrụ ọkwa kachasị elu, uranium okpuru ala n'ụwa.
Otu Eprel, 2003 ọgba-n'ime na iju mmiri nke redioaktivu na McArthur kwụsịrị mmepụta ruo ọnwa atọ. Cameco kwetara na akụkọ ndị ọkachamara dọrọ aka ná ntị banyere ọgba aghara na idei mmiri n'ihi na ogbunigwe ahụ enweghị ike ịgbapụta mmiri zuru oke na ikike ọgwụgwọ ma ọ bụ atụmatụ kwesịrị ekwesị na mberede ma ọ bụrụ na ihe mberede mere. Cameco kwenyekwara na injinia ha jiri usoro na-abụghị ọkọlọtọ na enweghị ike ịmetụta omume ụlọ ọrụ ọkọlọtọ.
Otu akụkọ mgbasa ozi Canada (CBC) gosiri na Cameco na-atụ anya ide mmiri ọnwa ole na ole tupu ihe ahụ emee. Mgbe ihe mberede ahụ gasịrị, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ mụbara ọnụọgụ radieshon nke ndị ọrụ ya nwere ike ikpughe. Akụkọ ahụ kpughere na ndị na-egwuputa ihe na McArthur, na-arụ ọrụ na-enweghị akụrụngwa ikuku na-ekpughere radon dị elu n'oge njide na iwughachi ogbunigwe ahụ n'ihi na a na-agbanye mmiri na-emerụ emerụ na mberede n'ime eriri mmiri dị ọcha.
Ọrụ Cameco ndị ọzọ dabere na Saskatchewan dị na oke mmiri Rabbit na Key Lake. Ugbu a a na-egwupụta ihe, Key Lake bụ ebe a na-egwe ọka uranium kacha ukwuu n'ụwa, na-ahazi nde uranium oxide nde iri na asatọ (U18O3) kwa afọ nke na-abịa site na ụlọ ọrụ McArthur River m. Mgbe ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ike gwụ nke uranium ya, Ọdọ Mmiri Rabbit ga-ahazi uranium nke a na-egwupụta n'Ọdọ Mmiri Cigar Mine ozugbo ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-arụ ọrụ.
Ọdọ mmiri Cigar nwere ihe ndọghachi azụ nke ya, na Ọktoba 2006, mgbe ogbunigwe ahụ rikpuru. Ọdọ mmiri Cigar bụ ogbunigwe uranium dị n'okpuru ala nke na-emepebeghị emepe, a na-atụkwa anya na ọ ga-amalite iweta 1/6 nke uranium ụwa n'afọ 2008. A na-egbu oge mmepụta opekata mpe otu afọ.
Jenụwarị 2007 ọnụ ahịa uranium ji okpukpu iri karịa naanị afọ isii gara aga, na-eme ka obere nkwụnye ego bara uru. Ngwuputa uranium na Saskatchewan egosila na ọ bara uru karịsịa n'ihi na nkwụnye ego nwere ike ịnwe ihe ruru 24% uranium. Nke a, jikọtara ya na enweghị mmegide nke obodo na mwepu nke ogbunigwe, na-enye Cameco ohere ibipụta nnukwu uru ọbụlagodi na mmechi nke ọrụ ya nwa oge.
Cyanide na-awụfukwa
Cameco achọpụtala na e nwere mpaghara ndị ọzọ ụlọ ọrụ nwere ike izere iji ụlọ ọrụ kacha mma. Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-arụ ọrụ ya Kumtor gold mine na Kyrgyzstan, bụ ebe a na-atụba ọdụdụ cyanide n'elu glacier, nke a na-adịghị agwọ ọrịa na enweghị eriri. Na 1998 Cameco bụ onye kpatara mwụfu cyanide n'ime osimiri Kumtor nke gburu opekata mpe ụmụ amaala abụọ wee bibie ụlọ ọrụ njem nlegharị anya Ọdọ Issyk-Kul nke mpaghara ahụ.
UP Uranium na ihe ndị ọzọ na-awụfu
N'afọ 2003, Cameco and Bitterroot Resources Ltd. Nhọrọ / nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta (JVA) malitere ịgagharị 780 square kilomita nke Upper Peninsula maka nkwụnye ego uranium dị elu, na-ekwu maka ihe ịga nke ọma Kennecott Minerals na ịchọta nkwụnye ego nickel / ọla kọpa / PGE ( Eagle Project) dị ka mkpali n'azụ nchọgharị ya ngwa ngwa. Bitterroot etinyelarị aka na JVA yana Kennecott Minerals n'ịchọ nickel, ọla kọpa, platinum na palladium na Oke Peninsula.
N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ezipụla ndụmọdụ ahụike ọha na weebụsaịtị ya. Ndụmọdụ ahụ na-edekọ ọkwa nke uranium na mmiri ọṅụṅụ Keweenaw, na-atụ aro ka ndị na-etinye ego na 1., uranium dị na mpaghara ahụ na 2., n'agbanyeghị na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na-enwekarị ihe mberede na-emerụ mmiri n'ime ala, mpaghara gbara ya gburugburu ụfọdụ ọrụ ya nwere ike ịnọchite anya a. nnabata na ọkwa ụfọdụ nke mmetọ, na-eme ka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ rụọ ọrụ n'ụdị ọ na-emebu.
Na Nọvemba 24, 2005, otu ụgbọ ala RSB Logistics mebiri na M-117, na Mackinaw County, Michigan. Ụgbọala ahụ nọ na-ebuga ihe ndị na-egwupụta ihe mgbawa ọkụ redioaktivu dị ala maka Cameco site na Blind River, Ontario na-ebuga Blanding, Utah. Onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala batara n'olulu ahụ ka ọ na-akpagbu otu anụ ehi. M-117 mechiri maka okporo ụzọ n'etiti US-2 na M-28. Otu ihe dị ize ndụ nke Cameco bupuru ibu ahụ. Ndị uwe ojii steeti Michigan kwuru na ihe ahụ merenụ kpatara “enweghị ihe iyi egwu ahụike amaghi ama.”
Na-eme ya Down-Under
Cameco enwetala nkwado site n'aka gọọmentị Northern Territory, dị n'Australia, ka ọ gaa n'ihu na atụmatụ nyocha maka nkwụnye ego uranium nke Angela na Pamela, ndịda Alice Springs. Nchọgharị ahụ bụ njikọ aka na ụlọ ọrụ na-egwupụta akụ Australia Paladin. Ngalaba na-ahụ maka akụrụngwa na gburugburu ebe obibi nke Territory na-agọnarị nkwupụta na mmiri Alice Springs nwere ike metọọ n'ihi ngwuputa uranium.
Ndị ji aha obodo ekwupụtala mmegide ha megide ọrụ a n'ihi nsogbu ahụike mmadụ nwere ike ịdị ize ndụ n'ihi mmetọ mmiri dị n'ime ala na aquifer.
Dị ka onye isi mpaghara Cameco Australia, Jennifer Parks si kwuo, "Otu n'ime ihe mbụ anyị ga-eme bụ ịkpọtụrụ ndị obodo iji hụ na ihe ọ bụla anyị ga-eme ga-adị na gburugburu ebe obibi na ọha mmadụ."
Ogige ntụrụndụ na-ekwusi ike na ọrụ a ga-emepụta ọtụtụ ọrụ mpaghara na ohere ndị ọzọ.
Ọrụ a nwekwara ike imetụta Tattersall's Finke Desert Race, ihe omume ọtụtụ ụbọchị na-apụ apụ, yana igbochi mweghachi nke ụzọ ụgbọ oloko Old Ghan transcontinental, dị ka National Road Transport Hall of Fame si kwuo.
Ọ bụ ezie na Cameco na-ekwusi ike na ọrụ ahụ bụ nanị na nyocha nyocha, na nzukọ May 7 na nyocha a chọrọ, onye nkụzi University Monash, Gavin Mudd, gwara ìgwè mmadụ nke ihe dị ka 150, "Ị naghị emefu ego na nkwụnye ego ịnweta ọ gwụla ma ị ' na-aga m ya, echere m na ọ bụ ihe na-akpali mmasị ikwere na ị na-emefu ọtụtụ nde dollar na-eme nchọpụta wee pụọ ma ghara ime ihe ọ bụla."
Onye njide aha nwa amaala, Tahnia Edwards kọwara na ikike ime mkpebi niile dị n'aka ndị ọrụ gọọmentị ma gbaa ndị na-ege ntị ume ka ha “guzoro n'akụkụ anyị n'ịlụso okwu a ọgụ…. Ahụrụ m ihe ndị dị otú a dị ka ohere anyị ga-esi gbakọta ọnụ na ime n'udo n'ihi na, dị ka m kwuru na mbụ, nke a abụghị naanị okwu na ibu arọ nye ndị Aborigine. Ọ bụ nsogbu na ibu nye anyị niile."
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