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Inuit government in Labrador to revisit 2008 uranium mining moratorium

By The Canadian Press  | September 14, 2011

NAIN, N.L. - The Inuit government of Labrador says it will review a 2008 moratorium on uranium mining that it brought in to protect the environment.

The Nunatsiavut Assembly voted Tuesday night to review the legislation imposing the moratorium on mining, production and development of uranium on Inuit lands.

A government committee will begin public consultations in the next couple of weeks and is expected to file a report by December.

Natural Resources Minister Glen Sheppard says if the committee recommends the moratorium be lifted, a bill will be put forward to remove the restriction.

The moratorium followed concern about the environmental impact of uranium mining, which produces tailings with low-level emissions of radiation.

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