Uranium Mines

In the northeast of Kakadu is a large uranium mine. It's got some of the largest deposits of uranium in the world. The radiation effects of the uranium in ore form are not so obvious unless several generations of people end up living here. We went to see some rock art at Nourlangie Rock in Kakadu and interestingly some of the paintings showed people with swolen joints - one of the symptoms of the radiation poisioning here!