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LAPLAND THREATENED BY NUCLEAR MADNESS!
In Ranua - a municipality located in Lapland, Finland - the inhabitants, soil and groundwater are in danger of being contaminated by uranium prospecting. Multinational nuclear energy company AREVA has submitted their application for a mining claim in an area on the border between the Ranua and Rovaniemi municipalities, to the Ministry of Employment and Economy. On the claim area there are several marshes and small waters that are connected to the groundwater reserves and to he Simo river, which is designated as a NATURA2000 area. If the claim goes ahead, there would be in total over 10 kilometres of drillings and they would extend below the level of the groundwater reserves. If radioactive ore gets in contact with the water, the consequences are likely to be fatal both for the area's groundwater and for the Simo river.

An uranium mine in Lapland would lead to all the people who now get their livelihood from berry or mushroom picking, collecting wild plants, reindeer herding, fishing or agriculture to lose their source of income. Mining and radioactive waste in the vulnerable northern nature would also destroy Europe's largest remaining wilderness areas for forever.

Finnish policy regarding nuclear energy and uranium mining seems to be etting a precedent and is being closely watched. This is therefore not only a local issue but important to all people in Finland and all people of the world!

Around the world, uranium mining has resulted in extreme environmental destruction. In Europe it has been abolished because of environmental problems, social costs, and the 'ease' of extraction from indigenous peoples territories. AREVA, the company active in Ranua, is responsible for enormous environmental destruction in all their mining regions, for example Niger, France and Kazakhstan.

In Finland, AREVA is also building the new (EPR) reactor in Olkiluoto, which has become a financial and security nightmare.

contact: Ranua Rescue group, [mailto:ranuarescueATgmail.com ranuarescue AT gmail.com]

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