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uranium mining trojan tv - 08.05.2004 17:32
bericht van tour de france Uranium mining > > > > The COGEMA S.A. is the firm which produces the fuel for the nuclear power > plants. They do this at the MOX factory in Caderache and the Melox factory > in Marcoule. Next to that they own the retreatment factory in La Hague. > > Uranium is needed to make the nuclear fuel. After the closure of the last > mine in France ("Le Bernardan" at Jouac, Haute Vienne on May 31, 2001), they > are completely depending on uranium from mines in other countries. > > But how bad is this 'dependency' for Cogema and France? The Cogema compagny > owns large percentages of the mining compagnies in countries like Canada and > Australia. In countries like Gabun and Niger the Cogema compagny even owns > majority percentages of the mining compagny (resp. 68% of COMUF, 63% of > SOMAÏR). > > The exploitation which takes place through this 'modern' form of > colonialisation becomes even more dirty when one looks at the circumstances > under which this open-mine extraction of uranium takes place. The uranium > ore is lying around in the open and the radioactive dust is spread by the > wind, the workers have nearly no protection clothing and are underpaid (but > it is better than no job at all.). And what about the enourmous amounts of > waste which are produced which are still very radioactive and are poluting > the environment? They just remain there, they don't seem to be a problem for > us here in France and Europe. It is also more easy for the Cogema to get > away with the radioactive polution problem compared to what they caused in > France itself. In the case of the polution around the mines in the > department of Haute Vienne Cogema keeps claiming that the raditions > originates from the natural back ground. > > Cogema tries to hide these fact from the publicity. The areas of the mines > are closed of in military way, and on the other hand they try to 'sell' > their presence by explaining that they are bringing development to these > countries in the form of health care and education programms. > > And why does Cogema do all of this? It is bussiness, produce where the cost > are as low as possible and the profits maximal, and of course to produce > electricity for our wealth. > > > > Source + more info :: www.antenna.nl/wise | www.francenuc.fr | > www.anti-atom.de > > E-Mail: Website: http:// |
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