Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 13:20:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Alice McCombs <amccombs@igc.apc.org>

Contents

1. Update on Rio Algom's Proposed Crandon/Wolf River Mine
  a. Crandon Mine Debate Goes Underground
  b. The Mining Track Record of Rio Algom

[Mining-exchange list-owner note: We're back after six hectic months on the
campaign trail. We lost some (Texxon Tommy is still in office) and won some
(Russ Feingold was re-elected Senator after affirming his opposition to the
Exxon mine). We'd like to hear from you about mining in the recent
elections. Send your comments to amccombs@igc.apc.org]

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1. Update on Rio Algom's Proposed Crandon/Wolf River Mine

a. Crandon Mine Debate Goes Underground

Topic 3095                  Cap Time Mining Story
ResEnergy                          wisc.eco                8:30 PM  Oct 24, 1998
(at aol.com)

The following story appeared in the The Capital Times October 24-25 1998

WATER WORRIES
By Anita Weier The Capital Times
Mole Lake Chippewas fear the impact of mining on wetlands, drinking water and
wildlife beds on places like Rice Lake

CRANDON- Perhaps no greater fissure exists between the two major candidates
for governor of Wisconsin than the Crandon mine - at least in the minds of the
people who live near the proposed mine in Forest County. Republican Gov. Tommy
Thompson, a strong supporter of business, has yet to decide about the mine. He
signed a mining moratorium only after extensive statewide opposition surfaced
to the proposed 550-acre zinc and copper none near Crandon. Thompson has
pledged that "if there is any hint it is not safe, it will not be built."

He awaits the findings of a Scientific Advisory Council he appointed to
determine whether the mine would pollute the area. The report - and a final
decision on a mine permit by an administrative law judge - is not expected
until next year, well after the November election. The stance of Ed Garvey,
the governor's Democratic opponent, is firmer. His law firm has provided
$85,000 worth of' free legal work for the town of Nashville opponents of the
mine. He has promised that, if he is elected, there will be no Crandon mine.

The Canadian company Rio Algom and its subsidiary Nicolet Minerals Co., say
the mine can be built without harming the environment. Some community
residents say the mine would bring much-needed jobs. But the, Nashville Town
Board and the Mole Lake Chippewa Tribal Council fear that the mine would
contaminate the area's water supply and ruin its tourism industry.
Water standards: "The entire town of Nashville, including the reservation, is
completely dependent on ground water for water, " said Dave Anderson, director
of the environmental department for the Mole Lake Sokaogan Chippewa.
"The tribe is downstream from the mine; there would be a massive water
drawdown."

The Chippewa contend that they have the right to set water quality standards
on their reservation. The state Department of Natural Resources has challenged
that right in federal court by suing the federal Environmental Protection
Agency, which approved the Chipewaís surface water standards. The state
contends it should be able to set overall standards so Wsconsin is not a
patchwork of regulations.

"That is separate from the change in ground water standards that the DNR
promulgated over the past year, which weakened it from baseline standards to
safe-drinking water standards which are maximum contaminant levels. The DNR
told the state they were strengthening ground water standards, but they were
weakened," Anderson contends.

'Their position is we were trying to help mining," said DNR Secretary George
Meyer.

But in fact, he said, the state has actually improved its ground water
standards, and cleared up a discrepancy between mining laws and other ground
water rules. "We were petitioned by several legislators including Lorraine
Seratti (R-Spread Eagle) and Tom Ourada (R-Antigo), to clarify that," Meyer
said.

"There were bills to make mining part of groundwater standards. You have to
comply with "both mining ground water standards and regular ground water
standards."

Many town of Nashville and Mole Lake residents also contend that state
officials have made a concerted effort, to weaken their water standards.
Roger McGeshick Jr., a Tribal Council, member, said, "During the gaming
compact talks, knowing our standards were higher than the state's, it was
discussed with Mark Bugher. The issues get tied together."

Bugher, secretary of the state Department of Administration, said, "I don't
recall that was a huge issue. It may have come up in passing. It was not an
issue we laid out and said, 'If you don't do this, we won't do that.' '"
DNR and gaming compact negotiations were going on at about the same time.
Meyer said the DNR negotiated with the tribe to tag Rice Lake and its
tributaries as "outstanding resource waters," increasing their standard to
meet the tribe's standard, which says nothing may be put in the water that
increases any pollutant.

"We went beyond that," he said. "Those creeks off-reservation we also agreed
to take as outstanding resource waters, which is better protection than they
could provide, because they only have jurisdiction on the reservation."
Kevin Kessler, policy chief for the DNR's Bureau of Waste Management and
former ground water section chief, said the new rules are a big improvement.
Instead of case-by-case ground water stan-dards, he said, metallic mines are
now subject to the same regula-tions as other facilities and activi-ties in
the state.

"I have always wanted the comprehensive state ground water standard and
response actions to be applicable to metallic mining," he said. But the
state's ground water law, passed in 1984, had an exemption as a concession for
Exxon.

I'm very happy that this rule has passed 14 years later."
Kessler said a management zone remains unchanged at 1,200 feet from the outer
edge of the mine's waste facility, the area where the tailings are disposed,
but officials added a closer mandatory intervention boundary: 150 feet or less
from the waste facility.

We did get, a considerable amount of public comment on this distance. There
were advocates that it ought to be changed from 1,200 to something much more
stringent, For landfills the distance is 300 feet for older and 150 for newer.
But 1,200 feet has been a feature of mining administrative rules. We did not
think it appropriate to change; mining facilities are proportionately much
larger" Kessler said.

Area residents and Mole Lake Indians fear a "giant drawdown" from a mine
affecting potable ground water, wetlands and wild rice.
Polluting rice and tradition?

The Chippewa also contend that the DNR has not considered the impact of the
mine on their wild rice beds.

The tribe commissioned its own study on the effects of metals on the early
development of Mole Lake wild rice, and presented the results to the
governor's scientific panel.

The study - by the Centre for Lake Wild Rice at Lakehead University in Thunder
Bay, Ontario - found that seedlings exposed for 14 days to concentrations of
aluminum, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury and nickel will take contaminants up
into the tissue, causing noticeable reduction of leaf and root growth. At
sufficiently high metal levels, seedlings die.

Wild rice has been an important part of the heritage of the Sakaogan Chippewas
for centuries, tribal leaders say. Besides its traditional role as a food
source, it plays a part in pow wows and ceremonies for the deceased.
"There is a wild rice bed 11/2 miles down from the mine," said Mole Lake
Tribal Chairman Charles Fox.

"They did find some sugar bush sites where the mine 'would be. They used to be
maple sugar gathering sites, and it is a traditional hunting area."

Shifting waste: The Mole Lake Band and town of Nashville Chairman Chuck
Sleeter also are enormously concerned about a recently announced shift in
Nicolet Minerals' plan for removing wastewater from the site.

Instead of piping water to the Wisconsin River, an idea that met heavy
opposition from environmentalists, the company now plans to treat water at the
site and put it into seepage basins.

The company also has reduced the amount of water that would have to be used in
its processes, and consequently treated and disposed of, said Ken Black,
environmental engineer for Nicolet.

"The water that would flow into the mine would be what would have gone to the
Wisconsin," he said, "Now we would use seepage cells or basins. We would
discharge that treated water locally."

He said the company would use a lime sulfide treatment similar to that at the
Flambeau mine and add a second stage, reverse osmosis. The water would go to
two holding ponds to be sampled before being discharged into seepage basins
-trenches with pipes that leak water gradually and distribute it over a
distance. Nicolet has several sites in mind.

Black said the company would have to meet the DNR's groundwater standards for
protection of public health.

Wait a minute, say several local residents, who observe that those seepage
basins would be pretty close to their water supply.

"Seepage pits are unacceptable to the town of Nashville," said Sleeter. "The
Mole Lake tribal community, on the edge of the mining operation, is in the
town. Their water supply comes from the ground adjacent to the mine."
The locals also have raised questions about whether the mine can reduce its
water flow as much as stated.

"The mines' track record is they put money in their pockets and local people
have to clean up the mess," said the tribe's Fox. "The water would be depleted
and contaminated because of metals in the water. I saw a mine in Idaho where
it was crystal clear but no grass or animals coming back for 20 years."

Sonny Wreczycki, chairman of the town of Ainsworth's Mining Impact Committee
in nearby Langlade County, also is nervous about effects of the mine on water,
especially after the drought during the summer.

"The streams are just dry," said. "I've been involved since they discovered
the mine. The inflows are changing. They've never done an aquifer pump test.
"The DNR needs to protect the wetlands. They are not doing their job by not
looking at the flow of the water. The wetlands need to be addressed. The
drawdown should be eliminated."

Permit vs. moratorium: Another major issue of local concern is the fact that
the DNR is continuing the mine permit process despite the state Legislature's
Passage of a mining moratorium that requires anyone who wants to open a mine
in Wisconsin to show that a similar mine operated Pollution-free elsewhere in
the nation for at least 10 years and that such a mine has been closed for a
decade with no sign of pollution.

"Some people have asked us to stop processing the permit. That would be
illegal," said the DNR's Meyer, He contends that the moratorium law requires
that the process continue and that any nonpollution information be submitted
at the end of the process, along with everything: else.

"The administrative law judge would review that, It has to be shown by the end
of the process, not at the threshold, We are going beyond that. We asked the
company to provide information so we can use it in our draft environmental
impact report.

"The moratorium law would be violated if we stopped. The mining company could
take: us to court and we would lose."

Anders Andren, Professor of water chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-
Madison director of the Sea Grant Institute and Water Resources Center at the
UW, and chair of the governor's Science Advisory Council, said his group will
not be advising on the moratorium.

"We have been asked to evaluate the scientific and technical aspects. We are
advisory to him (the governor) as to whether the mine is using the best
techniques to excavate a sulfide mine - not social Policy issues," Andren
said.

Nicolet's Black said , "We think we can find a mine or mines that could meet
the test. We think we can meet that, The language is broad enough to cover a
mine or mines."

The final decision will be made by an administrative law judge in the state
Department of Administration. David Schwarz, who is in charge of the
administrative law division, will name the Person who makes that decision ,
said Administration Secretary Bugher.

'There are People who do not want a mine - period," Bugher said. "Our Position
is that sound science rules."

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b. The Mining Track Record of Rio Algom

Topic 2910           THE MINING TRACK RECORD OF RIO ALGO
mtn                                wisc.eco                8:56 PM  Sep 16, 1998
(at igc.apc.org)

From: Wolf Watershed Educational Project <mtn@igc.apc.org>
Subject: THE MINING TRACK RECORD OF RIO ALGOM, LTD.

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THE MINING TRACK RECORD OF RIO ALGOM, LTD.

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CRANDON MINE PROPOSAL, WISCONSIN

In January 1998, Exxon sold its 50% share of the Crandon
mine project to its partner, Rio Algom Ltd., which formed a
new subsidiary called the Nicolet Minerals Company.
Exxon, however, still retains an interest in the zinc-copper
project.  If the state of Wisconsin ever permits the project,
Exxon would receive a net profits royalty of between 2.25%
and 3.75% (indexed to the price of zinc), plus a $5 million
bonus should production begin.

The new sole owner of the Crandon project is a giant in the
industry, and has a far more controversial mining record
around North America than Exxon has ever had.  Rio
Algom is a Toronto-based mining company with interests in
copper, molybdenum, coal, tin, zinc, silver, uranium, as well
as an international metals distribution business.  Many of
Rio Algom's projects have been found to have caused
environmental and economic damage.  In each case where
mine reclamation (cleanup) has begun, significant time
passed between site closure and cleanup work, adding extra
costs for the company and causing needless damage to the
environment. Nearly all of Rio Algom's mines have suffered
early or unexpected closures--resulting in massive layoffs
and economic upheavals.

ELLIOT LAKE URANIUM MINES, ONTARIO

Rio Algom was originally the Canadian arm of the world9s
largest mining firm, London-based Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ). In
1955, RTZ acquired a substantial interest in several Ontario
uranium mines near the northern shore of Lake Huron,
collectively known as the Elliot Lake complex.  During the
U.S. nuclear weapons buildup of the 19509s- 609s, there
were 12 mines in the area, employing over 10,000 workers.

These mines were combined under Rio Algom in 1960, and
over the next 30 years were identified with one of the
world9s most notorious examples of radioactive
contamination of the environment.

By 1976, Ontario officials documented that all 55 miles of
the Serpent River system, including more than a dozen
lakes, were badly contaminated.  The wastes from the
Elliot Lake mines are acid-generating due to sulfides, and
highly-radioactive due to the inefficiency of uranium
milling. Typically, more than 85% of the radioactive
byproducts, (radium and radon) end up in the waste tailings.
The report also pointed out that there were no fish living in
the entire river downstream from the mining wastes (another
company there, Denison, also contributed to the problems)
Through 1978, more than 30 tailings dam failures (this
number is the total from both companies) were reported.
And as recently as August 1993, Canada9s Atomic Energy
Control Board (AECB) charged Rio Algom with one count
of failure to prevent a 3reasonably fore- seeable2 waste
spill.  A power failure at Stanleigh caused a 2 million liter
(500,000 gallons) spill of radioactive and chemically
contaminated water in McCabe Lake.  All but one of the
mines were closed by 1990, and the last, Stanleigh, closed in
1996.

In 1992, RTZ sold its 51.4% stake in Rio Algom, explaining
that it was to avoid competition with other North American
interests such as its Kennecott Copper affiliate (operator of
the Ladysmith mine in Wisconsin).  However, industry
experts interviewed by the Canadian mining industry news-
paper The Northern Miner said that more important were
3the potential liabilities related to the decommissioning of
Rio9s Elliot Lake, Ontario uranium mine.2

Reports from the Ontario Workman9s Compensation Board
(1969) and the Royal Commission on the Health and Safety
of Workers in Mines (1976), showed abnormally high levels
of lung cancers among Elliot Lake miners. Homer Seguin,
former United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Area
Coordinator for Northeast Ontario, says 3Rio Algom has a
terrible track record in terms of protection of the environ-
ment and protection of workers in the workplace.2  Former
USWA National Director for Health and Safety Kenneth
Valentine wrote in 1980 that the companies at Elliot Lake
3should have their license revoked2 since 3untold numbers
of people have died2 from miners9 dust exposure (silicosis)
and radiation-linked lung cancer.  The provincial health
ministry estimated miners9 lung cancer cases to exceed
average rates by 300-500 percent.

Since they have closed, Rio Algom9s Stanleigh, Quirke, and
Panel mines have received decommissioning licenses from
the Atomic Energy Control Board.  This was the stamp of
approval needed to proceed with reclamation plans that
involve flooding the highly radioactive and acid-producing
sulfide wastes behind dams. This reclamation concept was
the cheapest alternative available to Rio Algom, in that no
further relocation or engineered covers over the tailings was
required.  The approved plans were dubbed by critics as
3Flood and Flee,2 due to Rio Algom9s ultimate goal of
handing its Elliot Lake properties back to Canada. (Quirke
operated from 1956-61 and 1970-90 and produce 46 million
tons of tailings and waste rock.  Panel operated from 1958-
61 and 1979-90, and produced 16 million tons of wastes.
Stanleigh operated from 1957-68 and 1983-96, with 20
million tons of wastes produced.)

In 1996, Rio Algom set an additional Can.$60 million aside
for future reclamation costs at its remaining Elliot Lake
mines. In the next few years, four other closed mines will
have closure and reclamation plans licensed and regulated
by the AECB.  (They are: Pronto, 1955-60 and produced 4
million tons of waste [2 million of which came from the
Pater copper mine]; Lacnor, 1957-60, 3 million tons of
waste; Nordic, 1957-68, 12 million tons; and Spanish
American, 1958-9, where 400,000 tons of wastes were
dumped into Olive Lake.  In 1994, 35 years after the mine
closed, tailings in Olive Lake were moved to deeper water
and the lake level raised to cover the wastes.  Three more
Rio Algom mines, Milliken, Buckles, and Pater are
considered reclaimed.) In all, more than 100 million tons of
wastes considered by Canada9s regulators as 3perpetually
hazardous2 were deposited at Elliot Lake by Rio Algom.

POIRIER COPPER-ZINC MINE, QUEBEC

The Poirier mine produced copper and zinc from 1966 to
1975, and closed due to low copper prices, putting 200
miners of work.   The 123-acre site, located about 200
kilometers north of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, is classified by
Canadian regulators as one of the province9s worst toxic
waste dumps due to acid mine drainage.  When Rio Algom
sold the mine in 1985 for one Canadian dollar, it insisted the
buyers take out a Can.$1.5 million mortgage to cover future
cleanup costs.  The threat of cleanup costs scared away
investors, and generated a scandal when a Quebec
Environment Department official (who was also an investor
in the mine) pressed a colleague to go easy on Rio Algom
and avoid the cleanup. The reclamation plan has as yet not
been approved, but its estimated costs will be Can.$10-20
million.  A new Quebec law has made the former operator,
Rio Algom, responsible for site cleanup.

EAST KEMPTVILLE TIN MINE, NOVA SCOTIA

The East Kemptville tin mine in Nova Scotia operated from
1984 to 1992, when it shut down prematurely due to poor
tin prices and high production costs.  The mine had been
projected to operate for 17 years.  Almost immediately after
the mine opened, local residents found that Big Meadow
Brook and the Tusket River were a muddy brown color from
runoff at the mine site.  In 1986, the Department of Fisheries
and Oceans charged Rio Algom under Section 33 of the
Fisheries Act.  As a result, Rio Algom was forced to
subdivide the tailings area (to settle out solids) and to treat
effluents prior to discharge.  A reclamation plan was
conditionally approved in 1994, but incidents of
uncontrolled discharges of wastewater and windblown
tailings were reported through that year.  In 1996, Rio
Algom reported that acidity levels and costs at the mine
were higher than expected and could result in a longer
decommissioning period.  In 1997, Rio Algom reported that
it expects to treat the water 3for a number of decades before
the generation of acid ceases naturally.2

LISBON URANIUM MINE AND MILL, UTAH

The Lisbon uranium operation, located near Moab, Utah
began operations in 1972 but closed in 1988, putting 150
miners out of work.  Rio Algom is currently decommission-
ing the site, which contains 4 million tons of uranium mill
tailings.  Groundwater contaminated by seepage from the
tailings dump is being pumped to evaporation ponds.  At the
former mill site, soil contaminated due to processing and ore
storage is being collected and put into the tailings dump.
Rio Algom reported in 1997 that the tailings are now
covered with a soil and clay liner.

Mill tailings at Rio Algom's U.S. uranium mines (run by its
wholly-owned subsidiary Rio Algom Mining Corporation or
RAMC)  are regulated under Title II of the Uranium Mill
Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978. The U.S. Depart-
ment of Energy (DOE) describes Type II tailings as, 3...a
long-term hazard to public health and safety.  The most
hazardous radioactive constituent in uranium mill tailings is
radium which has a very long half-life.  Radium, besides
being hazardous itself, produces radon, a radioactive gas
whose decay products can cause lung cancer.  This makes
mill tailings hazardous for thousands of years.2

QUIVIRA URANIUM MINE AND MILL,
NEW MEXICO

In 1989, Rio Algom acquired Kerr-McGee9s Quivira
Mining Company at Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico.  The
properties consist of a mill and nine 3closed2 underground
mines.  Although surface facilities are now gone from each
mine, Rio Algom is recovering uranium via solution mining
in some of the mines.  Mine water is circulated through the
mines and treated to recover the uranium.  Contaminated
groundwater at the site is also pumped and treated for
uranium recovery.

Ambrosia Lake is also the home of America9s largest
uranium tailings dump, consisting of 30 million tons of
waste.  Although the company reports progress on
decommissioning the site, Rio Algom also reported that it
suffered a dam failure in September 1997 when heavy
rains knocked out the wastewater discharge outfall and
weir.  In 1997, the company guaranteed $24 million to the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Quivira9s
decommissioning activities.

SMITH RANCH URANIUM, WYOMING

Rio Algom is extracting uranium in Wyoming via 3in situ
leaching.2  This method of mining involves injecting water
with added oxygen and sodium bicarbonate into rock
formations to dissolve the uranium.  The mixture is then
pumped to a surface processing plant for separation.
General issues and concerns with this type of mining
include: groundwater contamination in aquifers outside of
the target zone, difficulties with restoring groundwater
quality post-mining, and surface spills.

In addition, Rio Algom has recently opened major base
metal mines in Chile (Alumbrera-gold, copper),  and
Colombia (Cerro Colorado-copper, zinc)  To date, minor
environmental problems, such as locally contained spills,
have been reported.  Rio Algom has financial interests in:
the Highland Valley mine in British Columbia (copper,
silver, molybdenum); the Polaris mine in the Canadian
Arctic (zinc and lead); the Bullmoose coal mine in British
Columbia.

Clearly, the track record of Rio Algom, Ltd. must be further
examined by Wisconsin citizens, and local, state, and
federal agencies, in assessing its Crandon mine permit
application.  No matter what stance one may have on the
safety of metallic sulfide mining, the question of whether
this specific company would be a good Wisconsin corporate
citizen is open to some question.  Notably, in its 1997
annual report, Rio Algom comments on risks associated with
its various projects that must be 3carefully managed.2
Among these risks is, 3...the potential for permitting delays
to affect the feasibility of the Crandon project in
Wisconsin.2

RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY:

Mining Impact Coalition of Wisconsin Inc.
PO Box 55372, Madison WI 55372
phone: (888) 211-7271
E-mail: burroak15@aol.com
http://www.earthwins.com

Wolf Watershed Education Project.
731 State St., Madison WI 53703
Toll-free Hotline: (800) 445-8615
E-mail: mtn@igc.apc.org
Web: http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/wwep.html

REFERENCES

_______, 3Elliot Lake Mine Decommissioning Field Tour2, Field
Guide, Summer 1995.
-Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, 3Elliot Lake
Uranium Mine Tailings Areas Environmental Assessment Panel-
Recommendations2, 1996.
-Gordon Edwards, Ph.D., 3Uranium: The Deadliest Metal2,
Perception magazine, v.10 n.12, 1992.
-Gordon Edwards, Ph.D., 3Nuclear Wastes: What, Me Worry?,
comment paper to House of Commons Standing Committee on
National Resources and Public Works, Canadian Coalition for
Nuclear Responsibility, 1978.
-Gordon Edwards, Ph.D., 3Nuclear Wastes: What, Me Worry?,
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, 1987 addendum.
-Gordon Edwards, Ph.D. et al,  3URANIUM-A Discussion Guide2,
The National Film Board of Canada, 1990.
-Graeme Hamilton, 3Ex-bureaucrat convicted of corruption,2 The
Gazette, Montreal,  10/29/94.
-Robert Imrie, 3Mining Firm has stain on record2, Wisconsin State
Journal, 8/17/98.
-Robert Imrie, 3Regulator unaware of polluted mine2, Wisconsin
State Journal, 8/17/98.
-Roger Moody, 3The Gulliver File2,  London: Minewatch, 1992.
-Roger Moody, 3Plunder!2, PARTiZANS/CAFCA, 1991.
-Roger Payne, 3Decommissioning of Elliot Lake Mining Properties2,
In: Proceedings of Sudbury `95-Mining and the Environment,
CANMET, 1995.
-Natural Resources Canada, 3Licencing For Decommissioning of
Uranium Mine Tailings Management Areas Can Proceed2, Release,
4/2/97.
-New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources
Dept.-Mining and Minerals Division, various Mine and Mill site
records.
-Northwatch, personal communications.
-Nova Scotians for a Clean Environment, personal communication.
-Nova Scotians for a Clean Environment, correspondence with Nova
Scotia Dept. of the Environment, 2/94.
-Nuclear Awareness Project, 3Uranium Tailings in Elliot Lake2,
Nuclear Awareness News, Winter 1993-94.
-Rio Algom, Ltd.,  Annual Reports, 1994, 1996, 1997.
-Rio Algom, Ltd., 3Environmental Report2, 1997.
-Rio Algom, Ltd., 3Responsible Mining for the 21st Century2, 1997.
-Rio Algom Ltd., 3Annual Information Form2, 1997.
-U.S. Dept. of Energy, 3Integrated Data Base Report-1996: -U.S.
Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste.
Inventories, Projections, and Characteristics2, Revision 13, 12/97.
-U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 3Technical Information
Paper:192, 1998.
-Tusket River Environmental Protection Alliance, Background
Report, 1998.
Tom Wharton, 3Will Canyonlands survive the latest boom?2, Salt
Lake Tribune, 3/24/91.
-Wisconsin Review Commission, 3Report on the Track Records of
Exxon and Rio Algom2, Wisconsin Review Commission, March
1995, http://alphacdc.com/treaty/track-1.html
-World Information Service on Energy, Uranium Project, 3Impacts of
Uranium In-Situ Leaching2, 7/98.

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