His work as a mining engineer has exposed him to 50-degree heat in Australia and minus 50 degree temperatures in China (Marcus Leroux writes). Paul Atherley likes to joke that with his last endeavor he has at last found a happy medium. The uranium miners Salamanca project has more going o it than a balmy climate and proximity to some of pains best wine. Mr Atherley reckons it can produce the worlds cheapest uranium and enough to power Britain’s energy needs or more than five years.