Comments on: Secretive US Arms Tycoon behind New Uranium Mine in Australia http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2009/11/06/secretive-us-arms-tycoon-behind-new-uranium-mine-in-australia/ Media Democracy in Action Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Eric L. Hanson http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2009/11/06/secretive-us-arms-tycoon-behind-new-uranium-mine-in-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Eric L. Hanson Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:44:35 +0000 http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/?p=363#comment-476 A few points on this story. 1. Yellowcake is not mined. Yellowcake is the concentrate that is produced from the mined uranium ore. 2. Nobody mines depleted uranium either. Depleted uranium is uranium with the useful U-235 isotope taken out. If there was no U-235 in the ore, there would be no reason to mine it. 3. The mining of U3O8 is not 'highly dangerous". It is done safely in many countries including Australia, Canada, the USA, South Africa, Namibia and many others. In fact, since uranium mining is more highly regulated that mining other minerals, uranium mines have very high standards of occupational health and safety. Coal mining, for example, is by far more dangerous. In the future, I suggest you get the technical aspects of a story correct or you will continue to embarrass yourselves. Sincerely, Eric L. Hanson A few points on this story.

1. Yellowcake is not mined. Yellowcake is the concentrate that is produced from the mined uranium ore.

2. Nobody mines depleted uranium either. Depleted uranium is uranium with the useful U-235 isotope taken out. If there was no U-235 in the ore, there would be no reason to mine it.

3. The mining of U3O8 is not ‘highly dangerous”. It is done safely in many countries including Australia, Canada, the USA, South Africa, Namibia and many others. In fact, since uranium mining is more highly regulated that mining other minerals, uranium mines have very high standards of occupational health and safety. Coal mining, for example, is by far more dangerous.

In the future, I suggest you get the technical aspects of a story correct or you will continue to embarrass yourselves.

Sincerely,

Eric L. Hanson

]]> By: annoyomous http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2009/11/06/secretive-us-arms-tycoon-behind-new-uranium-mine-in-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-464 annoyomous Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:58:17 +0000 http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/?p=363#comment-464 One should look deeply through the workings of Neal Blue, from Mom's tenure as State Treasurer in Colorado to banana plantations in Nicaragua back in the late '50's through his numerous national/international corporations (General Atomics - i.e. Predator and so much more); audience with the Pope.... connections with the Pan Am explosion over Lockerbie.. and not forgetting his brother Linden's several short lived air transport corporations during the Air America hey-day. It's a very long and pathetic story of corporate control over civil society covering a good lot of the world. Ahhh, the most personal closely held..... land near Telluride, CO. Quasar Resources? Sadly, Neal Blue wouldn't know yellowcake uranium if it was laying on the sidewalk. It's simply a means to an end and that end does not include the Aboriginals of Australia. Look deep across this man's web and know the fear of knowledge. One should look deeply through the workings of Neal Blue, from Mom’s tenure as State Treasurer in Colorado to banana plantations in Nicaragua back in the late ’50′s through his numerous national/international corporations (General Atomics – i.e. Predator and so much more); audience with the Pope…. connections with the Pan Am explosion over Lockerbie.. and not forgetting his brother Linden’s several short lived air transport corporations during the Air America hey-day. It’s a very long and pathetic story of corporate control over civil society covering a good lot of the world.

Ahhh, the most personal closely held….. land near Telluride, CO.

Quasar Resources? Sadly, Neal Blue wouldn’t know yellowcake uranium if it was laying on the sidewalk. It’s simply a means to an end and that end does not include the Aboriginals of Australia.

Look deep across this man’s web and know the fear of knowledge.

]]> By: Matthew Chamley http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2009/11/06/secretive-us-arms-tycoon-behind-new-uranium-mine-in-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Matthew Chamley Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:59 +0000 http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/?p=363#comment-458 I have the spelling of him middle name NEAL. As in James Neal Blue. I found a write up in Forbes: http://people.forbes.com/profile/james-neal-blue/59511 He made only $60,000 in 2008. Yeah.... I'd like to see that topic discussed a bit further! I have the spelling of him middle name NEAL. As in James Neal Blue. I found a write up in Forbes: http://people.forbes.com/profile/james-neal-blue/59511

He made only $60,000 in 2008. Yeah…. I’d like to see that topic discussed a bit further!

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