Perhaps you have already heard oil corporations are looking for oil in the Arctic seas around Greenland. But also the Chinese show some interest in Denmark, Greenland’s mineral wealth especially. Greenland holds untouched resources of uranium which pose a dilemma to the nuclear free kingdom. Recently, Hu Jintao visited Denmark and Danish politicians visited China.
“I hope we can soon change the zero tolerance [towards nuclear industries] and have the uranium that we have extracted, instead of being an Arctic open-air museum.“ – Doris Jakobsen, Greenland politician
“Such production will be a game changer for the otherwise non-nuclear kingdom that is uninformed and virginal in this area. It will raise the kingdom’s importance internationally because it will be a [world top-10] producer. Historically we’ve been spared from considering this.” – Cindy Vestergaard, researcher at DIIS
“I don’t think there are countries eager to obtain uranium for nuclear weapons use. Despite that uranium could still be spread. But countries that would be interested in uranium for weapons have been able to get it all the time.” – Per Kalvig researcher at GEUS
Quick Google Translate aided quotes from Information.dk / Skal Grønland være storeksportør af uran?
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| Greenland Mining and Energy Ltd looking for uranium in Narsaq, south Greenland. |
“We were allowed to talk about Greenland’s autonomy to the members of the local [Tibetan] government and Communist Party, and there was great interest from people in Yushu.” – Doris Jakobsen, Greenland politician
Quick Google Translate aided quotes from Information.dk / Grønlandsk varsomhed over for Kina
