Uranium Controversies Exist in Several Jurisdictions in Canada and the United States: 

 The following list of uranium-related controversies include concerns with public health and safety and environmental sustainability.  Canadian entries are listed first followed by American ones. 

Included are links to: 

The list also includes national and international organizations with concerns about Canadian and American uranium-based energy production.

(Send update requests to info@kNOw-URANIUM.org.  Last update:  June 11, 2008.)

Canadian Uranium Controversies

Alberta - Peace River & Whitecourt

http://www.ndpopposition.ab.ca/site/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.details&ID=7616&t=8&i=1

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/08/08/nuclear-letter.html

http://www.topix.com/content/cp/2007/07/energy-albertas-nuclear-maverick-revamping-power-plant-application

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/archives/story.html?id=98ecd21a-cae5-41bc-970e-8d21d08e5eae&k=78980

http://oilsandstruth.org/peace-river-environmental-group-protests-nuclear-plant

British Columbia

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080425.RURANIUM25/TPStory/Business

http://www.uraniumfreebc.org/

http://www.yellowheadecological.org/

http://www.earthcares.org/uranium_action.html

http://bclor.ca

Canada - National/Inter-Regional/International (About Canada)

Beverly and Qamanirjuac Caribou Management Board (use the search engine for the term "uranium"):  http://www.arctic-caribou.com

Bill C-5:  An Act respecting civil liability and compensation for damage in case of a nuclear incident:

The Bill:  http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=3086386&file=4

Historical origins of the Act:  http://www.ccnr.org/insurance.html

Submission by Dr. Edwards to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources (Nov. 29, 2007):  http://no-uranium.org/Comments_on_Bill_C5.pdf

Addendum to Submission by Dr. Edwards:  http://no-uranium.org/Findings_on_Safety.pdf

Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout/Sortir du Nucleaire: http://www.cnp.ca/

Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility: http://ccnr.ca

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society: http://cpaws.org

David Suzuki Foundation:  http://www.davidsuzuki.org

Ecojustice Canada: http://ecojustice.ca

Energy Probe: http://www.energyprobe.org

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership:  http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/11/30/cnd-nuclear.html 

Great Canadian Nuclear Waste Saga:  http://www.web.net/~robbins/ 

Great Lakes United:  http://www.glu.org/english/nuclear_free_energy/index.htm

Green Party of Canada/Parti Vert du Canada (see especially a news release dated October 26, 2007 and the party platform document):  http://www.greenparty.ca

Greenpeace Canada:  http://www.greenpeace.ca

Mines and Communities:  http://www.minesandcommunities.org

Mining Watch Canada: http://miningwatch.ca

Nuclear Waste Watch:  http://www.cnp.ca/nww/index.php

Pembina Institute: http://pembina.org (see especially:  http://www.pembina.org/pub/1503).

Physicians for Global Survival Canada: http://www.pgs.ca/

Sierra Club of/du Canada:  http://sierraclub.ca

Uranium Medical Research Centre:  http://www.umrc.net/default.aspx

WISE Uranium (Canadian Decommissioning Data):  http://wise-uranium.org/uddcdn.html 

WISE Uranium (Canadian Uranium Mine Ownership):  http://wise-uranium.org/uocdn.html

WISE Uranium (Canadian Uranium Projects):  http://wise-uranium.org/upcdn.html#NTGEN

WISE Uranium (Uranium Tailings Dam Failures, including Canadian examples):  http://wise-uranium.org/mdafu.html 

World Wildlife Fund Canada:  http://www.wwf.ca

New Brunswick - Moncton/Turtle Creek

http://www.news919.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20080606_064954_8048

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2008/03/31/uranium-moncton.html

http://www.nben.ca/environews/media/mediaarchives/07/July/turtlecreek_e.htm

http://www.stopatlantica.org/?q=node/209

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/06/21/nb-healthuranium.html

Newfoundland and Labrador - Nunatsiavut (Inuit Lands)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080409.RURANIUM09/TPStory/?query=uranium

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080311/business/aurora_energy

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/03/10/oconnell-nervous.html

http://www.nunatsiavut.com/pdfs/Assembly_Oct_07.pdf

http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Action/press1683.htm

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/09/12/uranium-permits.html

Northwest Territories - Port Radium

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/07/30/nwt-radium.html

http://www.wise-uranium.org/uippra.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldorado_Mine

Northwest Territories/Nunavut - Thelon River Watershed

http://www.mveirb.nt.ca/

http://mveirb.nt.ca/registry/project.php?project_id=42

http://www.mveirb.nt.ca/upload/news/1193866366_UR_Energy_Ministerial_Acceptance_Letter.pdf

http://www.thelon.com/sanctuary.htm

http://www.northernwaterways.com/blog/?p=33

http://www.570news.com/news/business/article.jsp?content=b1025152A

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/10/29/nwt-uranium.html

Nova Scotia

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1049016.html

http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1001727.html

http://home.ca.inter.net/~greenweb/Uranium_Considerations.html

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gwFRHuoKGTTPmmRLehS2j2aSghkg

Nunavut - Qamani'tuaq/Baker Lake

http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/61027/news/nunavut/61027_02.html

Ontario - Ardoch Algonquin First Nation/Shabot Obaadijiwan First Nation/Frontenac & Lanark Region Settlers/Mississippi Watershed Settlers

http://nothankstouranium.wordpress.com/

http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2008-03-14/news/ardoch-lawyer-plans-appeal/

http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=906107

http://www.aafna.ca

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1414

http://www.ccamu.ca/

http://www.bedfordminingalert.ca/

http://www.newsweb.ca/

http://nouraniummine.com/

Class Action Suit Against the Ontario Government Notice of Intent: 

http://know-uranium.org/docs/Intended_Claim_Uranium.pdf

Ontario - Chalk River

http://www.renc.igs.net/~cmichener/ccrc/CCRChome.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/12/13/chalk-river-reactor.html?ref=rss

Ontario - Elliot Lake/Serpent River

http://www.ccnr.org/tailings_wall.html 

http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/110/Elliot_Lake_Uranium

http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Denison/Rekmans

http://www.townshipofthenorthshore.ca/aboutus/envcommittee.html

Ontario - Haliburton/Bancroft

http://www.fighturanium.com/

http://f-u-m-e.blogspot.com/

Ontario - Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug/Trout Lake

http://mostlywater.org/platinex_inc_vs_kitchenuhmaykoosib_inninuwug_first_nation

http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Platinex_Inc/Cutfeet_duty_to_consult

Ontario - Ottawa

http://ato.smartcapital.ca/no-uranium

http://www.ecologyottawa.ca/index.php

http://ottawariverkeeper.ca

Ontario - Peterborough

http://stopuraniumminingptbo.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-green-isnt-enough-anti-racist-anti.html 

Ontario - Port Hope

http://www.porthopehealthconcerns.com/default.htm

http://www.ph-fare.com/index.php

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/09/06/camecoporthope.html

http://www.umrc.net/pdf/PHCHCC_UMRC_Press_Conference_Slides.pdf

Ontario - Toronto/Lake Ontario

http://www.waterkeeper.ca/

Quebec - Mont-Laurier 

http://www.apehl.ca/uranium.htm

Quebec - Outaouais/Pontiac

http://no-uranium.blogspot.com

http://ottawariverkeeper.ca

Saskatchewan

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/business/story.html?id=ee0f858f-8537-4eab-bcfc-3de6cf9ccb0b&p=1

http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?itemid=5781

http://www.nuwinfo.se/harding200710frenwood.html

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2006/10/23/cameco.html

http://www.environmentalsociety.ca/issues/energy/nuclear.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/11/13/radioactive-hope.html

http://www.cbc.ca/saskvotes2007/blog/2007/10/leave_uranium_in_the_ground.html

http://icucec.org/index.html

Yukon - Wind River Trail

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/11/20/wind-river.html

American Uranium Controversies

Arizona/New Mexico/Utah (including Navajo Lands)

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2008/2008-04-19-02.asp

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/05/america/NA-GEN-US-Grand-Canyon-Mining.php

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/british-firm-under-attack-for-mining-near-grand-canyon-795731.html

http://yubanet.com/usa/Conservationists-Call-for-Grand-Canyon-Uranium-Decision-Withdrawal.php  

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/opinion/12tue3.html

http://www.greens.org/s-r/09/09-14.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-navajo7dec07,1,2040014.story?ctrack=4&cset=true

http://www.sric.org/

http://www.sric.org/uranium/navajorirf.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-navajo24oct24,1,6858582.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

Colorado

http://www.nunnglow.com/

http://spencerspeaks.com/2008/01/17/uranium-mining-whets-thirst-to-preserve-drinking-water/

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Change/uranium.htm

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6389914

http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20070823/NEWS/108230097

http://www.timescall.com/News_Story.asp?id=5223

Idaho

http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005121054 

Pennsylvania - Three Mile Island (Middletown)

http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/history/a/tmi.htm

National - General

http://uraniumwatch.org/

http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid185.php

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d0782c6-9640-11dc-b7ec-0000779fd2ac.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-mining2nov02,1,4263669.story?ctrack=3&cset=true

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/facing-new-threats-mining-industry-undergoes-a-facelift-2007-09-18.html

Nebraska

http://www.nebraskansforpeace.org/articles/crowbuttenearcrawford.php 

http://uraniumisnotmyfriend.org/crow_butte

Nevada

 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-yucca2dec02,1,276262.story?ctrack=5&cset=true 

New York (Colonie)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2212930,00.html

http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2007/12/03/daily24.html?t=printable

North Dakota

http://www.kxmb.com/News/217963.asp

http://www.grandforksherald.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8VBI89O2

Pacific Northwest/Seattle 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2004191779_pacificpuranium24.html

South Dakota

http://www.defendblackhills.org/

Tennesee

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/jul/11/erwin-uranium-spill-cloaked-in-secrecy/

Texas

http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/02/27/Opinion/South.Texans.Have.Second.Thoughts.On.Nuclear.Power-2745178.shtml

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/regionstate/story/204107.html

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/813/story/208938.html

Utah (Moab)

http://www.greenaction.org/nonukes/pr040605.shtml

Virginia

http://uranium2008.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302815.html

http://sccchatham.blogspot.com/2008/01/this-man-just-said-no-to-mining.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/01/AR2008010101811.html?hpid=topnews

http://www.southernenvironment.org/cases/uranium_mining/index.htm

http://www.registerbee.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB/MGArticle/DRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353650621

Wyoming

http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2008/04/04/news/wyoming/08b3f724c99992fa8725742000812281.txt

http://www.powderriverbasin.org/CatInfo.cfm?CatID=80