ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka Uranium ma ka hema o Tanzania aia ma lalo o ka mākaʻikaʻi e nā hui mālama holoholona hihiu e hopohopo nei i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me nā pilikia olakino i nā holoholona hihiu a me nā pilikia i nā kamaʻāina e pili ana i ka paka holoholona hihiu nui loa o Tanzania, ʻo Selous Game Reserve.
Ua hōʻike ka WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, i kapa ʻia ʻo World Wildlife Fund ma US a me Kanada), ʻo Tanzania Country Office i kona hopohopo no ka hana ʻana a me ka unuhi ʻana o ka uranium ma ka Selous Game Reserve, ka wahi mālama holoholona nui loa ma ʻApelika. ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā hana eli a me nā ʻoihana e hana ʻia ana ma ka muliwai ʻo Mkuju i loko o ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu hiki ke hoʻololi i ka hoʻokele waiwai lōʻihi a loaʻa i nā pilikia olakino i ka poʻe a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o Tanzania.
ʻO ka hopohopo WWF aia ma ke ʻano o nā hanana i hōʻike ʻia e ka hui mining Uranium, ʻo Rosatom, ka mea i hoʻopaʻa inoa i kahi memorandum of understanding (MOU) me ka Tanzania Atomic Energy Agency Commission (TAEC) e hoʻomohala i kahi reactor noiʻi mana nuklea ma Tanzania.
ʻO Rosatom, ka ʻoihana uranium mokuʻāina ʻo Rūsia, ʻo ia ka hui makua no Uranium One i hāʻawi ʻia e ke aupuni Tanzania e mine a lawe i ka uranium ma ka muliwai Mkuju i loko o ka Selous Game Reserve.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Uranium One Hope Pelekikena Andre Shutov e hoʻomaka ana ʻo Rosatom e kūkulu i kahi reactor noiʻi e like me ka pae mua e hoʻolauna i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ikehu nuklea ma Tanzania.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka hana ʻana o ka uranium ka pahuhopu nui o kāna ʻoihana, a ʻo ka hana mua e hana ʻia ma 2018 me nā manaʻolana e loaʻa nā kālā no ka hui a me Tanzania.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana hewa ʻoiai mākou e manaʻo nei e hiki i ka pae hana i loko o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau makahiki," wahi a Shutov.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻohana ka ʻoihana i ka ʻenehana hou loa i ka unuhi ʻana i ka uranium ma o ka ʻenehana In-Situ Recovery (ISR) i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i mea e pale aku ai i nā pōʻino i nā kānaka a me nā mea ola.
Akā, ua piʻi mai ka WWF a me nā mea mālama kūlohelohe, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole maikaʻi ka maikaʻi o ka mining uranium ma Tanzania i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā pōʻino e hana ʻia ma ke kaʻina hana eli holoʻokoʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ka WWF Tanzania Office, ʻo ka mining uranium a me nā hana ʻoihana ʻē aʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia e nā ʻoihana multinational ma ka Selous Game Reserve e alakaʻi i ka pōʻino hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia, ʻaʻole wale i ke kaiapuni e pili ana i kāna kaiaola, akā i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi o Tanzania.
"He manawa nui paha kēia no ka hoʻokele ʻana i kēia manawa ma Tanzania e hoʻoholo ai i kahi hoʻoilina lōʻihi loa," wahi a Amani Ngusaru, Luna Hoʻokele o WWF Tanzania.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ke aupuni Tanzania, ma o ka Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, i ka makahiki 2014, i kahi wahi e uhi ana i 350 mau kilomita i loko o ka Selous Game Reserve ma ke kaʻapuni mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Tanzania no ka lawe ʻana i ka uranium.
Wahi a ka memorandum o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana, e hoʻokō ka ʻoihana mining uranium i nā hana anti-poaching koʻikoʻi mai nā lole scout pāʻani, nā lako a me nā kaʻa, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūikawā i ka hana ulu lāʻau, kamaʻilio, palekana, hoʻokele, a me nā ʻano hana kūʻē i ka poaching.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi loea Extractive a me Energy me ka WWF Tanzania Office, ʻo Mr. Brown Namgera, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomalu ʻia nā pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka wai leaching ma waho o ka waihona uranium e pili ana i ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka wai honua.
"ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomalu ʻia nā mea ʻino i ka mobile ma lalo o nā kūlana hoʻemi kemika, e like me ka radium. Inā hoʻopilikia ʻia nā kūlana hoʻohaʻahaʻa kemika ma hope no kekahi kumu, hoʻoneʻe hou ʻia nā mea hoʻohaumia i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia; ʻO ke kaʻina hana hoʻihoʻi e lōʻihi loa ka manawa, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa pono ʻia nā ʻāpana āpau," wahi āna.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Professor Hussein Sossovele, Senior Environmental Researcher ma Tanzania eTN ʻo ka hana ʻana i ka uranium i loko o ka Selous Game Reserve hiki ke alakaʻi i nā hopena pōʻino i ka paka.
Hoʻohālikelike, hiki i ka mining uranium ke hana ma lalo o US $ 5 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoiai he $ 6 miliona ka loaʻa o ka mākaʻikaʻi mai nā mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ana i ka pā i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
"ʻAʻohe pōmaikaʻi koʻikoʻi mai ka unuhi ʻana o ka uranium ma ia wahi, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā kumukūʻai no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻenehana nuklea he nui ke kumukūʻai no Tanzania e hiki ai," wahi āna.
Aia ka pāhana muliwai ʻo Mkuju ma loko o ka Selous Sedimentary Basin, kahi ʻāpana o ka Basin Karoo nui. ʻO ka muliwai ʻo Mkuju kahi papahana hoʻomohala uranium aia ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Tanzania, 470 km hema hema o ke kūlanakauhale nui o Tanzanian ʻo Dar es Salaam.
Ua ʻōlelo ke aupuni Tanzania e hoʻopuka ka lua i 60 miliona mau toni o ka ʻōpala radioactive a me nā mea ʻawaʻawa i ka wā o kona ola ʻana he 10 mau makahiki a piʻi aʻe i ka 139 miliona tons o ka uranium inā e hoʻokō ʻia ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka maina.
E uhi ana ma luna o 50,000 mau kilomika square, ʻo ka Selous kekahi o nā paka holoholona hihiu nui loa i mālama ʻia ma ka honua a ʻo kekahi o nā wahi wao nahele nui hope loa o ʻApelika.
ʻO ka paka ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Tanzania he nui nā elepani, ʻeleʻele rhino, cheetahs, giraffes, hippos, a me nā crocodiles, a ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā kānaka.
ʻO ia kekahi o nā wahi mālama nui loa ma ka honua a ʻo ia kekahi o nā wao nahele nui hope loa o ʻApelika. A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā kānaka, ʻoiai ke hana ʻia nei kahi hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe e kūkulu i kahi wai wai wai ma ka muliwai ʻo Rufiji e ʻoki ana ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka paka.
Ua ulu nui loa ka ʻaihue ʻana i ka Elephant i nā makahiki i hala iho nei a ua helu ʻia ka paka ma ke ʻano he ʻoi loa o nā elephant "killing field" ma ʻApelika e ka Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
Mālama ka Selous Game Reserve i ka nui o nā holoholona hihiu ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika, me 70,000 elepani, ʻoi aku ma mua o 120,000 bufalo, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua miliona antelopes, a me ʻelua kaukani carnivores nui, e holo manuahi ana i loko o nā ululāʻau, nā ululāʻau kahawai, nā steppes, a me nā mauna. nā pae. ʻO kona kumu i hoʻi mai i ka manawa colonial German o 1896, e lilo ana ia i wahi palekana kahiko loa o ʻApelika.
