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    Uranium Frenzy: Saga of the Nuclear West

    By Raye Ringholz

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    Now expanded to include the story of nuclear testing and its consequences, Uranium Frenzy has become the classic account of the uranium rush that gripped the Colorado Plateau region in the 1950s. Instigated by the U.S. government's need for uranium to fuel its growing atomic weapons program, stimulated by Charlie Steen's lucrative Mi Vida strike in 1952, manned by rookie prospectors from all walks of life, and driven to a fever pitch by penny stock promotions, the boom created a colorful era in the Four Corners region and Salt Lake City (where the stock frenzy was centered) but ultimately went bust. The thrill of those exciting times and the good fortune of some of the miners were countered by the darker aspects of uranium and its uses. Miners were not well informed regarding the dangers of radioactive decay products. Neither the government nor anyone else expended much effort educating them or protecting their health and safety. The effects of exposure to radiation in poorly ventilated mines appeared over time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUtah State University Press
    Release dateApr 1, 2003
    ISBN9780874214734
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      I picked up Uranium Frenzyat the gift shop at Arches National Park last spring. The book is about the uranium mining rush of the 1950's, the atomic testing in Nevada and the impacts on the lives touched. A rather unusual book.I am thankful my father was not a miner. I am thankful my parents did not scratch out a living in the nuclear West.About two-thirds of the book reads like a mining adventure, with discovery, uranium stock boom and bust. The balance of the book is devoted to efforts to monitor and study the effects of radiation, pass responsibility to regulate and or inform the public and then dodge liability for the failures.The author quotes Stewart Udall an attorney who sought to right wrongs. I can not help but wonder that when the Rambus Inc. litigation saga is over, if I will be equally disillusioned, having urged Ramboids to have faith in America's system of justice - slow, but true . . . .Ten years of work resulted in failure . . . When . . .invited to a meeting, he (Udall) sent a representative. . . "I did not go because I was humiliated and sick at heart . . . I did not go because for many years, and on so many occasions, I had urged . . to be patient and have faith in their country's system of justice."