The Case Against Uranium Solution Mining
The nuclear industry claims that the uranium mining technique of In Situ Leaching is "a controllable, safe, and environmentally benign method of mining which can operate under strict environmental controls and which often has cost advantages".
However, this is simply not borne out by the reality of In Situ Leach uranium mines across the world.
The report is now completed and represents a scathing rebuke of the Uranium ISL mining technique.
The ISL technique is not always controllable, safe, nor environmentally benign, and the hidden costs are usually borne by the underground environment. The process of ISL can lead to permanent contamination of groundwater, which is often used by local people and industries for drinking water supplies, and can also contaminate land which was otherwise good agriculturally productive land.
