Naked Science Forum
Life Sciences => The Environment => Topic started by: charli on 14/06/2021 06:09:28
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Listener Susan would like to know:
"What examples are there of uranium mines being rehabilitated to a degree where they don't need active management of environmental impacts, and where the land that was affected has been returned to another land use?"
Do you know of any?
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I am not equated with uranium mines being managed. Uranium I believe like thorium copper silver is mined along side other things.
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I am not equated with uranium mines being managed.
Thanks for sharing that.
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Can't modern Science be equated with a Uranium mine. You don't know what it will produce next.
Endless energy, in the form of atomic power stations. Or swift oblivion in the form of atomic bombs.
In past ages, Science was slower and less dramatic. But now it's boiling up into a kind of crisis, don't you think.
Do we use Science to live longer, or to kill ourselves?
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Can't modern Science be equated with a Uranium mine. You don't know what it will produce next.
Endless energy, in the form of atomic power stations. Or swift oblivion in the form of atomic bombs.
In past ages, Science was slower and less dramatic. But now it's boiling up into a kind of crisis, don't you think.
Do we use Science to live longer, or to kill ourselves?
Since you don't know how to follow directions, I've removed your posting rights for a week. Maybe that will give you some time to rethink your decision to ignore the moderators.
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There is an example of a Uranium nuclear reactor that was rehabilitated...
- It is located in Gabon, on the west coast of Africa.
- It was rehabilitated to the point where it could be safely used again (as a uranium mine!)
- Rehabilitation took about 1.7 billion years
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor