2026-05-03 15:53 UTC
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot @fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot but these are too small to have any commercial value. I have seen the Yesnaby mineralisation and believe it to be the same as in Caithness - no commercial value. I don't believe there are any mineable U desposits in the Caithness area (inc Orkney).
BGS seems to agree (but politicians on a mission ignore science).
https://ukinventory.nda.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Fact-sheet-uranium-mining-and-milling.pdf
https://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Economic_geology_of_Orkney_and_Shetland#Uranium_ores 300ppm U is similar to some horizons I found in Caithness (though up to 700ppm if I remember correctly).
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@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot 2026-05-03 18:08
@MyricaGale@mastodon.scot Well I'm glad they are unlikely to go down that road again, but it doesn't change the fact that those two parties are going to try to force nuclear on Scotland's north. I just hope Orcadians and Shetlanders realise this and stop voting LibDem. @fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot
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@fionaorkneynews@mastodon.scot 2026-05-03 18:43
@MyricaGale@mastodon.scot @LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot Orkney Archive has the maps and plans of where they put the test bore holes in Orkney in the seventies