Efforts to mine uranium in Southwest Virginia were slowed Thursday when Gov. Bob McDonnell warned the project needed further study.
McDonnell asked the General Assembly to keep in place for another year a moratorium on uranium mining that prevents new mines from opening. The issue can be revisited in the 2013 session, he said.
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