How would VUI ensure against effects of uranium mining on public health?
As residents of Pittsylvania County ourselves, we are concerned about the health and safety of our families and the environment. Any industrial operation carries some level of risk, whether it is manufacturing, large-scale farming or mining. We are committed to minimizing any risk of this operation while providing long-term jobs and economic development. We will work with the local, state and federal governmental agencies that will license and monitor our operations to make sure that we will fully comply with all safety and environmental regulations. Essentially, the operation will be like any other mining project for coal or any other mineral. While the concentrated uranium ore at Coles Hill carries slightly more natural radioactivity than other minerals carrying trace levels of uranium, that radioactivity has always been present at Coles Hill–the Coles and Bowen families and all of Chatham, VA have lived with it for generations. Earlier studies have shown that the closest neighbor w
