The Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry ( known as the Fox inquiry ) recommended that mining begin at the Ranger site . It also said that Jabiluka and Koongarra sites should be developed , and that a town be built to support the mines . The Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry ( known as the Fox inquiry ) recommended , among other things , that mining begin at the Ranger site , that consideration be given to the future development of the Jabiluka and Koongarra sites , and that a service town be built ( Fox et al . 1976 , 1977 ) .