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Uranstory (deutsch)
10-minütige, sehr informative Einführung in die Brennstoffkette - vom Uranabbau über Anreicherung, Funktion von AKWs bis hin zur Endlagerproblematik, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Schweiz.


 Schmutziges Uran - Die Kehrseite der "sauberen" Kernenergie"
ARD - Kontraste, 16. September 2010
In Afrika wird seit Jahrzehnten Uran abgebaut - auch für deutsche Atomkraftwerke. Die Bedingungen sind of katastrophal. Ganze Landstriche werden verstrahlt, Arbeiter sterben qualvoll. Doch der Bedarf an Natururan steigt weiter, auch wegen der geplanten Laufzeitverlängerung in Deutschland.

 
Left in the Dust - Areva's Uranium Mining in Niger (english)
Verlassen im Staub (deutsch)

Uranium mines in Niger operated by the state-owned French nuclear giant AREVA continue to create a radioactive hazard for the people living nearby. A new report released today by Greenpeace reveals contamination levels in the air, water and soil above internationally accepted limits.

“Radioactivity increases poverty because it creates more victims. With each day passes we are exposed to radiation and continue to be surrounded by poisoned air, polluted water and earth – while AREVA makes hundreds of millions from our natural resources.” said Almoustapha Alhacen, President of the local Nigerian NGO Aghir in’ Man (which means “the shield of the soul” in the Touareg language, is a local environmental and human rights organization).

Reports in English / Rapport en Francais

YELLOW DIRT ...
An American story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed
October 5, 2010 (2:49 clip)
Award-winning reporter Judy Pasternak tells the haunting story of uranium mining on the Navajo desert and its terrible, long-ignored legacy.

All that glitters is not gold
An excellent 7:49 minute video about Olympic Dam Mine in Australia including a good short eplanation of uranium mining and its impacts on environment, people and health.

Hearings on Uranium Mining in Virginia, USA
The 14:22min video features experts such as Dr. Paul Robinson from Siuthwest REsearch and Information Center, Albuquerque, as well as Prof Manuel Pino, speaking out about the experiences of people tin the Southwest US re: Uranium mining.

Further information: Virginia against Uranium - blogspot


Uranium Mining Pollutes Drinking Water
Art Dohman, Chairman of the Goliad County Uranium Research Advisory Committee, describes pollution in local drinking water aquifers caused by uranium mining in Texas.
ALTURA asks for a moratorium now on uranium exploration and mining in Teas drinking water aquifers.
Further information: www.uraniuminfo.org

Uranium: Boom, Bust and Back Again
Rough cut of our documentary about the history of Grants, New Mexico which is the Uranium Capital of the World. Mining is a major part of our community's history but everyone isn't sure if they want it back or not. Music by Deana Tenorio.

Poison Wind
A 6:47 minute trailer for a documentary telling the story of a corrupt government, unconscionable greed and a policy of destruction aimed at the Aboriginal Homelands of Indigenous People from the 1940's until today. It is a documentary set against the Indigenous landscape of the Desert Southwest and focuses on lives being destroyed by the horror of uranium mining and effects of radiation...as a government's cruel secret is carried on the face of the wind.

Poison Wind - 6:47 min trailer
Poison Wind - official trailer (2:14 min.)

"It's not over." - 13 years fighting uranium mining in New Mexico / US
Eastern Navajo Dine against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM)
Mitchell Capitan from ENDAUM speaks out about WHY they resist uranium mining, specifially ISL- in-situ-leach mining in the area of Crown point, New Mexico, US, and their responsibility towards future generations. (3:24 minute clip)

Uranium Mining Hearing - Arizona
Call for a Ban on Uranium Mining in Grand Canyon area, US
April 8, 2008, Arizona Daily Sun (4:22 minute clip)
Leaders in the Hualapai, Havasupai, Kaibab Paiute, Hopi an dNavajo raised pollution concerns and asekd for ban on uranium ming aanywhere near the Grand Canyon (USA) during a congressional field hearing today in Flagstaff, (Arizona / USA).

Uranium Mining and Milling in Virginia, USA
An educational video about uranium mining and its boom and bust economy.
There is a state-wide Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Virginia, US

Further information: sccChatham.blogspot.com (Southside Concerned Citizens, Chatham)