A proposed amendment to Spain’s draft climate change and energy transition bill that would prohibit the investigation and exploitation of radioactive minerals has no justified reason and is contrary to the Spanish constitution, uranium mining company Berkeley Energia said.
The company, which is trying to develop the Salamanca uranium mine in northwestern Spain, said that under the proposed amendment uranium mining would be prohibited and any open proceedings related to the authorisation of radioactive facilities of the nuclear fuel cycle for the processing of such minerals would be closed.
In a statement the company said: “Berkeley's position on the content of this proposed amendment is clear: prohibition of economic activities in Spain with no justified reasons is contrary to the Spanish constitution and to the legal rights recognised by other international instruments.
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