FOR much of its 26-year life the Ranger uranium mine in north Australia has seen protests from ecologists who oppose digging for nuclear fuel on the edge of a world heritage park.

在北澳大利亚兰杰（Ranger）铀矿26年开发史的大部分时期内，它一直受到来自生态学家的抗议，他们反对在一个世界遗产公园的周边地区开发铀矿用于核燃料生产。

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At the Somair mine, operated by French nuclear power group Areva, a truck with explosives blew up at the gates, killing two assailants, Labo said.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kan said Sunday, after meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, in Hanoi, that Vietnam chose Japan as a partner to mine rare-earth metals and to develop nuclear power in the Communist country, the Associated Press reported.

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Environmentalists and politicians blame shoddy management at the government-owned Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. (UCIL), whose Jaduguda mine supplies uranium for the country's 10 nuclear power stations.

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