Submission to the General Session, BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel (Joachim Obst, February 1996)
Joachim Obst submits a critical public comment to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel expressing concerns about inadequate disclosure of radiological and chemical contamination risks, particularly regarding high radium-226 levels and the proponent's downplaying of hazards to Dene elders in light of the historical Rae Rock Uranium Mine impacts.
- Date
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Joachim Obst, BHP, EARP panel, Health Canada, Health Protection Branch, Department of Renewable Resources, Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Rae, N'dilo, Dettah, Ekati Diamond Mine, Coppermine River, Misery, Fox, Long Lake, Papua New Guinea, Melbourne, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- radioactive waste, natural uranium, radium-226, radon gas, thorium, radiological risk, tailings composition, water quality, air monitoring, diesel oil, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, aluminum, barium, ammonium nitrate, fish and wildlife contamination
- Pages
- 3
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