Uranium Mining In The Black Hills – Debra White Plume’s Response to ‘Clean Nuclear’

by Debra White Plume, Feb 2010

The planned uranium mine site in the southern Black Hills can impact four aquifers. Powertech, Inc. USA plans to begin uranium extraction in 2011 and operate for 15 years in the permit area of 10,580 acres located in Dewey and Burdock Counties, north of Edgemont, SD. PT plans to [...]

River Update

In this edition, Russell Means gives thanks for a recent journey with fellow travelers down the Colorado River. He speak as well to why the voyage held the imagination of the travelers.

America’s Secret Chernobyl – Uranium Mining & Pollution in the Upper Midwest

The following report was produced by Defenders of the Black Hills:

1. World War II ended with the nuclear bomb and introduced the use of nuclear energy for the production of electricity which caused the price of uranium to rise. Uranium mining in South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota began in the middle of the [...]

Uranium & Arsenic in the Water: In-Situ Leach Mining Contamination on Indian Lands

According to the Indian Health Service Arsenic Tech Team the water quality test results in 2005 on Pine Ridge reveal that 98 wells have Arsenic levels 2 to 12 times higher than the MCL determined by law.

W.A.R.N. Report 1980

Full downloadable text of the 1980 W.A.R.N. Report, showing massive, widespread problems with Indian health.

W.A.R.N. Health Investigation 1980 – Summary

It is well documented, that on June 11, 1962, 200 tons of radioactive mill tailings at the uranium mill in Edgemont, South Dakota washed into the Cheyenne River and traveled into the Angostora Reservoir.

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