Über die dramatischen Konsequenzen des Uran-Abbaus informiert eine neue Wanderausstellung der Wiener Umweltanwaltschaft. Umweltstadträtin Ulli Sima hat diese am 15. April 2013 gemeinsam mit der Wiener Umweltanwältin und Atomschutzbeauftragten Andrea Schnattinger eröffnet.
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Yvonne Margarula, spokesperson of the Mirarr in front of the Ranger uranium mine. Picture: Dominic O'Brien
The Mirarr people who’s ancestors have lived for over 40,000 years in the North of Australia have gained a small victory over mining giant Energy Resouces of Australia (ERA). The small community whose native lands partly form Kakadu National Park have had to live with the so called „Ranger“ uranium mine in their close vicinity for over 30 years now. Now they were able to stop a new project that would have involved the intense use of chemicals on their soil.
Yvonne Margarula, spokesperson of the Mirarr in front of the Ranger uranium mine. Picture: Dominic O'Brien
The Mirarr people who’s ancestors have lived for over 40,000 years in the North of Australia have gained a small victory over mining giant Energy Resouces of Australia (ERA). The small community holding whose lands partly form Kakadu National Park have had to live with the open pit of the so called „Ranger“ uranium mine in their vicinity for over 30 years now. The mine is one of the biggest in the world, providing about 10% of the world’s uranium needs.
With an acid heap leach facility operator ERA thought about introducing a new way of gaining even more uranium out of the Mirarr’s native lands. This would have involved the use of chemical substances on the soils of a wet land area that can see heavy rainfalls in winter time. A higher danger of spreading radioactive material into the precious UN-world heritage listed area surrounding the mine would have been the effect. The Mirarr are happy, that the mining company ERA have dropped this plan now. Nevertheless, the open pit is still in operation and plans for another pit are still on the agenda.
Read the Mirarr’s press release from August 4 2011 here (Download pdf).
Ab sofort ist der preisgekrönte Kinodokumentarfilm “YELLOW CAKE – Die Lüge von der sauberen Energie” von Joachim Tschirner auf DVD erhältlich.
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Die Sprecherin der Mirarr Aborigines, Yvonne Margarula, erläutert warum der Abbau von Uran auf dem Gebiet ihrer Gemeinschaft aufhören muss. Die Mirarr besitzen nach australischem Recht Gebiete im Norden Australiens, inmitten des heutigen Kakadu Nationalparks der von den UN als Weltkulturerbe gelistet ist. Seit über 30 Jahren wird dort Uran in der Ranger Mine abgebaut. Der Film wurde anlässlich eines Kongreß der atomkritischen Ärzteorganisation IPPNW im Sommer 2010 erstellt. Frau Margarula spricht Gundjeihmi, die Hauptsprache der Mirarr. Die Untertitel sind englisch.
Yvonne Margarula, Senior Traditional Owner of the Mirarr people, about uranium mining on her homeland
