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    Uranium mining has never been done in a wet climate with similar rainfall and hydrological conditions to Virginia.

    Uranium mining has never been done in a wet climate with similar rainfall and hydrological conditions to Virginia.

    This entry was posted in Myth on November 8, 2012 by jquintero.

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    ← “Of the sites explored in Virginia so far, only the deposit at Coles Hill is large enough, and of high enough grade, to be potentially economically viable.” (National Academy of Sciences Study, p. 12) While uranium mining in the U.S. has typically taken place in the arid West, extensive uranium mining has been done in wet climates in Florida and Louisiana, as well as other regions with heavy rainfall in Canada, France, Australia and Eastern Europe. →

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