Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Uranium-Mine-Protest-in-Brazil-27MZIFL1ZL24.htmlConceptually similarUranium Mine Protest in BrazilGP01YO5Completed★★★★Uranium Mine Protest in BrazilGP01YO3Completed★★★★Indústria Saturnia in BrazilGP04H6SCompleted★★★★Anti Nuclear Demonstration in BrazilGP02D3SCompleted★★★★Rio+20 People's Summit MarchGP044NFCompleted★★★★Oil in the Northeast - Piracanga Community (Bahia)GP0STU9KWCompleted★★★★Nuclear Action Yellow Cake Trail BrazilGP01KEZCompleted★★★★★★Former Miner in NigerGP021WMCompleted★★★★Oil in the Northeast - Piracanga Community (Bahia)GP0STU9KGCompleted★★★★View AllGP01YO4Uranium Mine Protest in BrazilGreenpeace activists use red paint and stencils to label a uranium mine with "Area de Contaminiacao," and hold banners reading "Contamination Area." The facility is operated by state-owned nuclear organisation, ‘Industrias Nucleares do Brasil’ (INB), or ‘Brazilian Nuclear Industries’ in English. A recent analysis discovered two locations of uranium contaminated water; one of the locations has radioactivity rates 40 times higher than the tolerable level for human beings.Locations:Bahia-Brazil-CaetitéDate:27 Jan, 2010Credit:© Lunae Parracho / GreenpeaceMaximum size:1772px X 1181pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Banners-Day-Gas masks-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Low angle view-Masks (protective)-Mines-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear energy-Nuclear energy symbol-Nuclear radiation-Outdoors-Painting actions-Uranium-Uranium mines-Water pollutionShoot:Uranium Mine Protest in BrazilGreenpeace activists protest in front of a uranium mine operated by state-owned nuclear organisation, ‘Industrias Nucleares do Brasil’ (INB), or ‘Brazilian Nuclear Industries’ in English. The facility is INB's Caetité Unit. The activists hold banners stating "Contamination Area" at the gate of the mine. They also use red paint and stencils to label the facility with "Area de Contaminiacao." A recent analysis by the Institute of the State Government Water and Climate Management (Ingá) discovered two locations of uranium contaminated water; one of the locations has radioactivity rates 40 times higher than the tolerable level for human beings.
