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Belushi would be proud
John Belushi probably doesn't know it, but
he started something a few years back when
he slurped down a plate full of Jello in one
breath while filming Animal House at the
University.
The University still hasn’t forgotten that feat
of gluttony, and yesterday a handfull of
students buried their faces in the wiggly stuff at
the John Belushi Jello Eating Contest. Prizes
were awarded to the fastest slurper — but the
real winner no doubt was the napkin conces
sionaire.
The event was sponsored by the Student
University Relations Council as part of the
Duck Week celebrations. Events will continue
through the weekend, with parents of students
invited to attend classes on Friday and tour the
University Saturday and Sunday.
Lobbyist supports bills
banning uranium mining
By LESLIE FARRIS
Of the Emerald
A bail-out of the nuclear
power industry in the United
States could mean a resumption
of uranium mining in Oregon,
said a legislative lobbyist
Wednesday at the Oregon
Desert Wilderness Forum.
But John Doyle, a lobbyist for
the Oregon Mining Rights Coa
lition, is working for passage of
two state bills that could prevent
that resumption.
Because SB 505 requires
mining companies to restore
contaminated land after mining,
it would “make it so expensive
to handle radioactive wastes, it
would essentially ban mining,"
Doyle said.
No one in Oregon makes a
living by mining uranium, and
no one is actively lobbying to
increase uranium mining in the
state, he said.
“But while the uranium in
dustry is at a low point, that s the
time to tie them up and keep
them out of Oregon."
Oregon has four low-grade
uranium deposits, Doyle said.
The uranium industry came to
Oregon in the late 1950s near
Lakeview in southern Oregon.
Two mines over two years
produced 171 tons of high
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jrade uranium (yellow cake),
eaving behind 130,000 tons of
adioactive low-grade ore,
called “tailings.”
Doyle said the tailings were
ailed about 10 miles north of
.akeview and, until about five
/ears ago, could be seen blow
ng through town during
northerly winds.
Lakeview residents show the
Highest rate of pancreatic and
oreast cancer in Oregon, and
they show abnormally high rates
of leukemia and cancer of the
lung, stomach and other
organs, Doyle said.
"People were sure this would
be the greatest economic boon
since the gold boom,” he said.
"But just about the time the
mine started rolling, it shut
down.”
Uranium, an essential ingre
dient of nuclear power and
nuclear weapons, garnered a
high price in the early 1950s. As
many as 1,000 nuclear reactors
were projected to be on line by
the year 2,000, but since then,
the demand for nuclear power
has waned and so has the
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demand for uranium, he said
Although there were almost
no economic effects, they did
see some unexpected health
effects.”
Doyle said the first uranium
miners in the United States —
almost all Indians - suffered
"incredible” rates of lung
cancer.
Uranium mines and mill
tailings ponds release large
quantities of radioactive gas,
Radon 222. This gas decays and
attaches itself to dust particles
which become permanently
lodged in human lungs when
inhaled.
Uranium particles are a
potential cause of lung cancer.
Holes drilled to locate
uranium deposits, could conta
minate ground water by
releasing uranium into
aquafers, Doyle said.
SB 505 will be voted on by the
full Senate Friday or Monday,
and SB 108 is in the Senate
Energy Committee.
The Oregon Desert Forum will
continue today in the EMU Fo
rum Room.
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