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Britain to Build More Nuclear Power Plants - And Despoil the Namibian Desert in the Process

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Uranium Exploration & Expansion Inside Park Boundaries At the center of this is the expansion of a international rush on uranium in Namibia being led by a subsidary of mining megacorp Rio Tinto, Rössing Uranium, and the French state-owned firm Areva. Full Article at Treehugger

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  1. AUSTRALIA should follow Britain by turning to nuclear power or face "economic suicide", a leading Adelaide academic says. Full Article at Adelaide Now

  2. London, November 9 (ANI): Reports indicate that the hidden cost of Britain's new generation of nuclear power could be the destruction of the Kalahari desert in Namibia and millions of tonnes of extra greenhouse gas emissions a year. Full Article at Newstrack India

  3. The hidden cost of Britain's new generation of nuclear power could be the destruction of the Kalahari desert in Namibia and millions of tonnes of extra greenhouse gas emissions a year, the Observer has discovered.= The desert, with its towering sand... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

  4. LANGER Heinrich yesterday announced expansion plans of US$350 million, nearly N$2,6 billion, to increase uranium oxide production from the current 3,7 million pounds per year to about 10 million pounds per year by 2014. Full Article at AllAfrica.com

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