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Old 28-03-2004, 15:21   #26
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Re: Potholers
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Originally Posted by Incognitas
Well I heard some muttering on the news yesterday about 'looking for uranium deposits'


I wonder how much it is going to cost the UK government in loans,oversea aid etc.

Or am I just being even more cynical as to his motives?
The uranium prospecting claim could be because, as I understand it, they were checking for radon, a radioactive daughter product of uranium. There have been problems with radon in houses in places like Cornwall that have uranium-containing rocks (granite is one, I believe).

EDIT Although you can't have caves in granite, can you? Don't caves need limestone that can be dissolved away by water. Does limestone contain uranium; I didn't think so? Help, we need a geologist!
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