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Pros And Cons Of Uranium Mining In Australia
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This is a report on the positives and negatives of uranium mining in Australia, to gain a deeper understand of Australia’s mining industry. Also to gain a understanding of what effects uranium mining can have on the people of Australia and to see what benefits it could have on Australia as a part of the world wide community.

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In 2013 on the 7th of December uranium mine surrounded by, but separate from Kakadu National Park, 230 km east of Darwin. In the northern territory, at the Rio Tinto uranium mine had a uranium spill when a corroded steel tank exploded and released more than a million liters of liquefied uranium material all over the ground, forcing immediate evacuation on all personnel in the early hours of

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