Does the nuclear chain start and end with environmental racism?
The environmental justice session was designed to discuss environmental issues that affect Indian lands. The discussion focused on nuclear waste at the Prairie Island Reservation in Minnesota, and tribal health codes and regulations. Two 20-minute presentation on nuclear waste storage, atomic bomb testing, uranium mining on Indian lands and research on tribal governments and tribal codes were given by Dr. Carol Lujan, Arizona State University professor, and Lea Foushee from the Prairie Island Coalition. Foushee spoke specifically about Northern State Power Company (NSP), their effort to store nuclear waste at Prairie Island and the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico, and the nuclear chain NSP is involved in. The nuclear chain states and ends with environmental racism, Foushee said. The nuclear chain begins with the process of buying uranium. Most, if not all, uranium is found on aboriginal land in the United States, Canada and in the poorest black sections of South Africa. Uran
