In the comprehensive 626-page report, BAPE concluded that the radioactivity of the ore and mining waste that is left behind form the heart of the acceptability challenge faced by this industry. Each mine typically produces thousands of tons of mining waste containing a cocktail of toxic elements, including several that remain radioactive in the very long term (thousands of years). Despite improvements in recent years, the BAPE is not satisfied with the current methods and technologies to maintain the long-term safety of uranium sites. The BAPE cites the high cost that these sites could leave for society over the long term, both environmentally and economically.
Of course BAPE did not realize that the ore that has been present in the surface for millions of years, and that for most of the old mines, it has been removed. The BAPE is misguided, wrong-headed, and ignorant of the facts involved. This too will pass.
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