Migodi ya Uranium kum'mwera kwa Tanzania ikuyang'aniridwabe ndi magulu osamalira nyama zakuthengo omwe akuda nkhawa ndi mavuto azachuma komanso chiwopsezo chaumoyo ku nyama zakuthengo komanso zoopsa zomwe zingachitike kwa anthu okhala pafupi ndi paki yayikulu kwambiri yaku Tanzania, Selous Game Reserve.
Bungwe la WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, lomwe limadziwikanso kuti World Wildlife Fund ku US ndi Canada), Ofesi ya dziko la Tanzania inali itafotokoza nkhawa zake pa migodi ndi kuchotsa uranium ku Selous Game Reserve, dera lalikulu kwambiri lotetezedwa ku Africa, ati ntchito za migodi ndi mafakitale zomwe zikuchitika pa mtsinje wa Mkuju mkati mwa malo otetezedwa a nyama zakuthengo zitha kusokoneza chuma chanthawi yayitali ndikuyika chiwopsezo cha thanzi kwa anthu komanso chuma cha Tanzania ponseponse.
Nkhawa za WWF zikutsatizana ndi zomwe zanenedwa ndi kampani ya migodi ya Uranium, Rosatom, yomwe posachedwapa idasaina pangano la mgwirizano (MOU) ndi Tanzania Atomic Energy Agency Commission (TAEC) kuti ipange makina ofufuza mphamvu za nyukiliya ku Tanzania.
Rosatom, bungwe la boma la Russia la uranium, ndi kampani yaikulu ya Uranium One yomwe yapatsidwa chilolezo ndi boma la Tanzania kukumba ndi kuchotsa uranium mumtsinje wa Mkuju mkati mwa Selous Game Reserve.
Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Uranium One Andre Shutov adati Rosatom iyamba kumanga makina opangira kafukufuku ngati gawo loyamba lokhazikitsa chitukuko cha mphamvu za nyukiliya ku Tanzania.
Iye adati kupanga uranium ndicho cholinga chachikulu cha kampani yake, ndipo kupanga koyamba kudzapangidwa mu 2018 ndikuyembekeza kupanga ndalama kwa kampaniyo ndi Tanzania.
"Sitingapange cholakwika chilichonse chifukwa tikuyembekeza kuti tidzakwanitsa zaka ziwiri kapena zitatu," adatero Shutov.
Iye adati kampaniyo idagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo waposachedwa kwambiri wochotsa uranium kudzera muukadaulo wa In-Situ Recovery (ISR) womwe ukugwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi pofuna kupewa ngozi kwa anthu komanso zamoyo.
Koma bungwe la WWF komanso osamalira zachilengedwe abwera ndi nkhonya, ponena kuti migodi ya uranium ku Tanzania inalibe phindu poyerekezera ndi kuwonongeka komwe kumabwera chifukwa cha migodi yonse.
Ofesi ya WWF ku Tanzania yati migodi ya uranium ndi ntchito zina zamafakitale zomwe mabizinesi amayiko osiyanasiyana ku Selous Game Reserve zikufuna zibweretsa kuwonongeka kosasinthika, osati ku chilengedwe kokha, komanso ku bizinesi yamtengo wapatali yokopa alendo ku Tanzania.
"Uwu ukhoza kukhala mwayi waukulu kwa akuluakulu a boma ku Tanzania kuti apange chisankho chomwe chidzakhala ndi cholowa chachikulu," adatero Amani Ngusaru, Mtsogoleri wa WWF Tanzania.
Boma la Tanzania, kudzera mu Unduna wa Zachilengedwe ndi Zokopa alendo, mchaka cha 2014, lidakhazikitsa malo okhala pamtunda wa makilomita 350 mkati mwa Selous Game Reserve yomwe ili kum'mwera kwa dziko la Tanzania kuti akakumbire uranium.
Malinga ndi chikalata chomvetsetsa, kampani ya migodi ya uranium ichita ntchito zazikulu zothana ndi kupha nyama zakutchire kuyambira kuvala mayunifolomu amasewera, zida ndi magalimoto, maphunziro apadera aukadaulo wamatchire, kulumikizana, chitetezo, mayendedwe apanyanja, ndi njira zothana ndi nyamakazi.
Katswiri wa Extractive and Energy wa ku WWF Tanzania Office, a Brown Namgera, adati kuopsa kwa kufalitsa madzi a leaching kunja kwa uranium komwe kumakhudza kuipitsidwa kwa madzi apansi sikungathe kuyendetsedwa.
"Zinthu zoyipitsitsa zomwe zimayenda pansi pamikhalidwe yochepetsera mankhwala, monga radium, sizingalamuliridwe. Ngati zinthu zochepetsera mankhwala pambuyo pake zimasokonezedwa pazifukwa zilizonse, zowonongeka zowonongeka zimakonzedwanso; kukonzanso kumatenga nthawi yayitali kwambiri, sizinthu zonse zomwe zingatsitsidwe moyenera, "adatero.
Pulofesa Hussein Sossovele, Senior Researcher Environmental ku Tanzania adauza eTN kuti migodi ya uranium mkati mwa Selous Game Reserve ikhoza kubweretsa zotsatira zoopsa ku paki.
Mofananamo, migodi ya uranium ikhoza kupanga ndalama zosakwana US$5 miliyoni pachaka, pamene zokopa alendo ndi US $ 6 miliyoni kuchokera kwa alendo odzacheza ku park chaka chilichonse.
"Palibe phindu lalikulu la kuchotsa uranium m'derali, poganizira kuti ndalama zopangira mphamvu za nyukiliya ndizokwera mtengo kwambiri kuti Tanzania ikwanitse," adatero.
Project ya Mtsinje wa Mkuju ili mkati mwa Selous Sedimentary Basin, mbali ya mtsinje wa Karoo. Mtsinje wa Mkuju ndi ntchito yotukula uranium yomwe ili kumwera kwa Tanzania, makilomita 470 kumwera chakumadzulo kwa likulu la Tanzania ku Dar es Salaam.
Boma la Tanzania lati mgodiwu udzatulutsa matani 60 miliyoni a zinyalala za radioactive ndi zapoizoni pazaka 10 za moyo wake komanso matani 139 miliyoni a uranium ngati mgodiwo ukuyembekezeka kukwaniritsidwa.
Selous ili ndi malo opitilira 50,000 masikweya kilomita, ndipo ndi imodzi mwamalo otetezedwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi komanso ndi amodzi mwa madera achipululu omaliza mu Africa.
Pakiyi yomwe ili kum’mwera kwa dziko la Tanzania ili ndi njovu zambiri, zipembere zakuda, akalulu, giraffes, mvuu, ndi ng’ona ndipo nthawi zambiri imakhala yosasokonezedwa ndi anthu.
Ndilo limodzi mwa madera otetezedwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndipo ndi limodzi mwa zipululu zazikulu zomaliza mu Africa. Mpaka posachedwapa, sikunasokonezedwe ndi anthu, ngakhale kuti pali ndondomeko ina yomanga dziwe lopangira magetsi pamtsinje wa Rufiji womwe umadutsa pakiyi.
Kupha njovu kwafala kwambiri m’zaka zaposachedwapa moti pakiyi yalembedwa m’gulu la “minda yophera njovu” yoipitsitsa kwambiri mu Afirika ndi bungwe la Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
Selous Game Reserve ili ndi nyama zakutchire zazikulu kwambiri ku Africa kuno, kuphatikizapo njovu 70,000, njati zoposa 120,000, antelopes oposa theka la miliyoni, ndi nyama zazikuluzikulu zikwi zingapo, zomwe zimangoyendayenda m'nkhalango, m'nkhalango za mitsinje, m'mapiri, ndi m'mapiri. osiyanasiyana. Chiyambi chake chinayambira mu nthawi ya atsamunda a ku Germany mu 1896, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale malo otetezedwa akale kwambiri mu Africa.
