List of Australian Inquiries into Uranium Mining
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This is a List of Australian inquiries
and reports relating to uranium mining
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Public inquiry
A Tribunal of Inquiry is an official review of events or actions ordered by a government body in Common Law countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland or Canada. Such a public inquiry differs from a Royal Commission in that a public inquiry accepts evidence and conducts its hearings in a more...
and reports relating to uranium mining
Uranium mining
Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. The worldwide production of uranium in 2009 amounted to 50,572 tonnes, of which 27% was mined in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia are the top three producers and together account for 63% of world uranium...
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- 1976: Fox ReportRussell Walter FoxRussell Walter Fox AC QC LLB is an Australian author, educator, jurist and former chief judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory. He is best known for his extensive report on uranium mining in Australia in the early 1980s....
(Vol 1) - Ranger UraniumRanger Uranium MineThe Ranger uranium mine is surrounded by Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory of Australia, 230 km east of Darwin. The orebody was discovered in 1969, and the mine commenced operation in 1980, reaching full production of uranium oxide in 1981...
Environmental Inquiry - Whether AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
should mine and export uraniumUraniumUranium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table, with atomic number 92. It is assigned the chemical symbol U. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons... - 1977: Fox Report (Vol 2) - Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry - Proposed Development of Ranger
- 1986: Ranger Uranium: Water Management System - House of Representatives inquiry
- 1988: The Potential of the Kakadu National ParkKakadu National ParkKakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.Kakadu National Park is located within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It covers an area of , extending nearly 200 kilometres from north to south and over 100 kilometres...
Region - Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Recreation and the Arts - 1991: Mining and Minerals Processing in Australia (4 Vols) – Industry Commission
- 1991: Kakadu Conservation Zone Inquiry Final Report – Resources Assessment Commission
- 1996: Report of the Senate Select Committee on Radioactive WasteRadioactive wasteRadioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine...
. In response to this the Senate decided to reconstitute the Committee as the Select Committee on Uranium Mining and Milling. - 1996: Senate Select Committee established to report on Uranium Mining and Milling
- 1997: Senate Select Committee on Uranium Mining and Milling released report
- 1999: Australia’s Kakadu – Government response to UNESCO World Heritage Committee regarding Kakadu National Park.
- 1999: Senate Inquiry into Jabiluka Uranium MineJabilukaJabiluka is a uranium deposit and mine development in the Northern Territory of Australia that was to have been built on land belonging to the Mirarr Aboriginal people...
Project referred to ECITA Committee - 1999: Report of ECITA Committee into Jabiluka Uranium Mine Project released
- 2002: Senate Inquiry into Environmental Regulation of Uranium Mining
- 2006: Australia’s uranium — Greenhouse friendly fuel for an energy hungry world - House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry and Resources