RJA #13C

http://www.citizensoutcry.org/images/lettertopres.jpg

This link is to a site that has a letter to the President regarding drunk driving. Although I wanted to do a news article, I think this will be a better idea for the application project. So I am now planning on writing a letter from someone in Uravan sent to the President in regards to the closing of the town. If i cannot write enough about that topic I might write a letter that covers how a family is not covered by the 1990 RECA.

RJA# 13B

For my application project I am planning on writing a news article. This article will be based on removing residents of Uravan, Colorado after it was found to be radioactive. I think I will try to write it from one of the residents point of view, showing their outrage at the fact that their health was endangered and no one realized it before.

RJA#12A

Amundson, Micheal A. Yellowcake Town. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2004. Print
This book deals with all uranium mining towns on the Colorado plateau. This source was one of the sources that I used during my research. It covered the town of Uravan better then any other sources that I found.
Brugge, Doug, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis, eds. The Navajo People and Uranium Mining. New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. Print
This is the second most used source in my paper. It mainly focused on what happened during the mining on Navajo lands. It also covered legislation passed by the U.S. to give health benifits to miners, and amedments to that bill.
Chernobyl: 20 Years Later. 13 Apr. 2007. Web. 1 Apr. 2010. .
This source I really didn't use to much. It had information regarding steps being taken in Chernobyl to fix containment issues. It was helpful as supporting evidence for my arguement.

RJA#13A

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1935259/Uranium_Mining_on_the_Colorado_plateau

RJA #12B

For my field reasearch I drove to the old site of Uravan, Colorado. The site was a area that looked fairly normal. There were only two buildings still there but much of the area looks a lot like what I think it looked like before the mining operations. There are signs that warn you not to enter the area, but other then that it looks like the rest of the area.

RJA #11

Navajo Challenge Uranium Mining Permit On Tribal Lands. 9 Apr. 2008. Environment News Service. 12 Mar. 2010 http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2008/2008-04-19-02.asp

Radon and Radioactivity- Facts and Controversies. 13 Apr. 2010. Radon Seal. 5 Mar. 2010 http://www.radonseal.com/radon-facts.htm

United States of America. United States of America. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). What is a Superfund site? Apr.2007. 5 Apr. 2010 http://epa.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/epa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=172&p_created=1065036363

Uravan, Colorado. 15 Dec. 2007. 92Ura 23Van. 22 Feb 2010 http://www.uravan.com/index.htm

Williams, David O. Uranium surge prompts Colorado lawmakers to call for stiff cleanup regulations. 19 Mar. 2010. The Colorado Independent. 3 Apr. 2010

RJA#10A

Since the 15th century man has been mining uranium even if it isn't on purpose. Starting in the town of ST. Joachimshal all the way to the Colorado plateau. Since then man has had a diffacult time understanding the exact effects of this very dangerous mineral. Called by German miners '"pechblende"' meaning the bad luck rock. (Zoellner 16-18)
During the 1950's the Colorado plateau was a strange place. With many people searching the hills carrying geiger counters and towns started to mine for uranium. From brand new town's like Uravan, Colorado to exsiting towns like Moab, Utah, the landscape was changing. None of these changes have been for the good. (Amundson 19-30)
Should you be afraid of uranium? No not at all, this mineral is a part of everyone's daily lives. From the water we drink to the food we eat it is always present. Most people in the '40s and '50s believed that this was a very rare material, but in fact it is one of the most common minerals. It is only real toxic in greater quanities, for example, in areas where there is a active uranium mining operation. (What is uranium)

RJA#10 C

For my application project I have been thinking about doing somthing in the way of a journal. Other idea's include writing letters between a miner and a family member based on conditions, or a short story "a day in the life", or maybe a news article relating to the steps the government took to dispose of the town of Uravan and how it isn't enough.

RJA#10b

1. What I have completed:

• I have most of my rough draft done.
• I am almost completed with the source list

2. What I need to do still:

• I Still need to proof read the draft.
• I need to add a little more content.
• Also I need to rewrite my thesis statement. Due to mistakes pointed out to me.

During the next three days I plan on fininshing the paper and works sited lists. That will give me a few days to proof read the paper and double check my works sited list.