A year ago, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board gave a license to what is now Azarga Uranium Corp. for the proposed mine near Edgemont, SD. The license was put on hold after mine opponents, including the Oglala Sioux Tribe, raised questions about possible damage that would be done to nearby aquifers and cultural sites. In late April, the board ruled in Azarga favor on five of seven challenges brought upon by the Tribe and Consolidated Intervenors, a group that opposes the company plan to mine uranium using a method that involves the injection of oxygen-enriched water into the groundwater to free uranium and bring it to the surface. But it also said the company should make efforts to find existing drill holes at the site, and that the mine could put cultural sites at risk.
[Asking NRC to re-review their earlier decision, this is another example of adversarial over-reaching by using concerns for Tribe cultural sites as a front to promote their own anti-nuclear, pro-wind, pro-solar agenda. For a history of such adversarial objections, see: https://i2mconsultants.com/downloads/corp/ConfrontingBias.pdf ]
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