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Uranium Mining at Grand Canyon: Havasupai …

By Klee Benally | @eelk Grand Canyon, AZ — On October 13, 2016, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) issued three controversial air quality permits for uranium mines near the Grand …

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Court Okays Uranium Mine Near Grand Canyon

The long legal case against Canyon uranium mine. The Havasupai Tribe has opposed Canyon Mine since miners broke ground in the mid-1980s and remains deeply concerned about radioactive pollution from the mine. In the 1990s, uranium prices fell, and the uranium company stopped work. But when uranium prices briefly rebounded, the …

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Uranium Management:

Identified risks to the unobligated uranium supply chain include (1) possible loss of domestic uranium mining capabilities and (2) possible challenges in re-starting the only facility in the United States for converting natural uranium into a form suitable for use in enrichment operations. ... Recommendations for Executive Action. Agency ...

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How Saskatchewan remade uranium mining

Just for comparison, Priargunsky underground uranium mine in Trans-Baikal region of Russia has approximately 0.15% grade of uranium in resources, while in Saskatchewan the world's highest-grade ...

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Russia's Uranium One to build Bolivia's first DLE plant

Bolivia state-owned Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB) has inked a deal with Russia's Uranium One Group to build a $976-million direct lithium extraction (DLE) facility in the country's vast ...

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Uranium Mining Protections Needed Across the West

Back in 2016, the Obama administration was poised to take action on uranium mining standards, but then Donald Trump was elected president. It will come as no surprise that the U.S. Environmental ...

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Attorney General Urges Review of Grand Canyon Uranium Mine

by Amber Reimondo, Energy Director. Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) faces questions and opposition on multiple fronts. Most recently, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes called on the U.S. Forest Service to take a new look at the risks the controversial uranium mine poses to the Grand Canyon region.. Additionally, the mine's only …

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For The Navajo Nation, Uranium Mining's Deadly Legacy …

Uranium mining on Navajo lands ended in 1986, but the tribe is still suffering profound health effects. The government started cleanup only recently; many of the polluters have gone out of business.

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Can Moab, Utah, finally recover from its radioactive legacy?

REMEDIATING THE ATLAS PROPERTY — an endeavor called the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project—is the job of a second Russell, Russell McCallister, the DOE's cleanup ...

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Uranium stocks soar on bullish Goldman Sachs …

The latest advance in the uranium ETF gained steam early in the week as reports of flooding in Kazakhstan boosted shares of competing miners, and following Goldman's April 1 call on Cameco.

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Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission …

Members of five tribes told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that Indigenous communities in the United States continue to suffer from the legacy of uranium mining and will face a...

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TAKE ACTION TODAY TO STOP URANIUM MINING NEAR GRAND CANYON!

Comment Deadline: January 14th Denison Mines Corp., a Canadian corporation has submitted water and air quality permit applications to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in an attempt to operate uranium mines near the Grand Canyon. Not only do these mines directly threaten the Ecoregion of the Grand …

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EPA Proposes Former Uranium Mining District on Navajo …

ARIZONA — In an effort to protect public health from contamination, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it is proposing to add the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District on Navajo Nation to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The Agency is also proposing three additional sites in other parts of …

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Uranium Mining

Keeping uranium mining out of the Grand CanyonYou'd think the Grand Canyon — the homeland of at least 11 Native American tribes and the crown jewel of our national park system — would be protected from …

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Navajos strengthen regulations on uranium ore transportation

Nesbit described uranium ore as dirt and rocks with an above average concentration – around 0.1%, which means that a ton of ore yields 2 pounds of uranium. Less than 1% of that is uranium-235 – the isotope used in nuclear reactors and bombs. …

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Navajo Nation faces possible new threats after …

Uranium mining continued in and around the Navajo Nation after the war. In 1979, the Church Rock Mill spill occurred when a United Nuclear Corporation dam failed to hold back 94 million gallons of ...

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Abandoned Mines Cleanup

EPA has entered into enforcement agreements and settlements valued at over $1.7 billion to reduce the highest risks of radiation exposure to the Navajo people from AUMs. As a result, funds …

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Uranium Mining On Navajo Indian Land | Cultural Survival

At the turn of the century, we are still grappling with the consequences of uranium mining long ended. But this legislation has not brought to a close the issues raised by uranium mining. ... Perry, P.H. & Harrison Jr., P. (1997). Advocacy and Social Action Among Navajo Uranium Workers and Their Families. In Social Work in Health …

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A Nuclear Power Revival Is Sparking a Surge in Uranium Mining

The industry says new technologies will eliminate pollution from uranium mining, but its toxic legacy, particularly in the U.S. Southwest, leaves many wary of an incipient mining boom. A push for nuclear power is fueling demand for uranium, spurring the opening of new mines. The industry says new technologies will eliminate pollution …

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What Happens to Uranium Mining in the New Grand …

It's unclear which mine the administration views as the second — the only other uranium mine in the monument that's still standing is the Arizona One Mine in the northwest parcel, but it stopped mining in 2014 when, according to the World Nuclear Association, "known resources were depleted." The other possibility is Energy Fuels ...

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Uranium | Mining Action Group

The Mining Action Group is a volunteer, grassroots effort to defend the clean water and wild places of Michigan's Upper Peninsula from the dangers of sulfide mining – previously known as Save the Wild U.P. ... "No 'uranium mining' activity has ever existed," the lawmakers stated, "nor has any uranium ore been discovered, in our ...

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Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices …

A uranium ore rock pile is the first to be mined at the Energy Fuels Inc. uranium Pinyon Plain Mine Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, near Tusayan, Ariz. The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s.

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Navajos strengthen regulations on uranium ore transportation

WASHINGTON – The first shipment of uranium ore from the new Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon began rumbling through Navajo land on July 30 – outraging tribal leaders. They knew the shipments were coming, but had expected a heads-up from Energy Fuels Inc., especially given the tribe's painful history of radiation …

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Uranium mining explained | IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100 A-1400 Vienna, Austria Telephone: +43 (1) 2600-0, Facsimile +43 (1) 2600-7

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Clearance of depleted uranium hazards

The National Mine Action Authority is responsible for warning all mine action agencies of any armoured conflicts that have taken place, and any history of the use of DU rounds. The Authority should be aware of these Notes, and make copies available, through the National Mine Action Centre, to all mine action agencies, including those involved ...

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World's largest uranium miner warns Ukraine war makes it …

Kazatomprom sent 49 per cent of uranium under its control to the Asian market, 32 per cent to Europe and 19 per cent to the American market last year, …

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Uranium sector 'scrambling' to fill supply gap

Cameco closed McArthur River in 2018 because of low uranium prices and even shuttered its Cigar Lake mine, world-beating in output, for a time in 2020 because of Covid-19.

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Hundreds rally against uranium mine near Grand Canyon

Contamination from historic uranium mining in the Southwest, particularly within the Navajo Nation, has led to a legacy of distrust among tribes, prompting them to take action.

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The Destructive Cycle of Nuclear Power in Alaska, From Uranium Mining

Emily presented on CHE-Alaska in 2008 on the topic of Uranium Mining and Community Health: Environmental and Health Concerns about Proposed Uranium Mining in Alaska. Edwin Lyman, PhD, is the Director of Nuclear Power Safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington, DC. He earned a doctorate in physics from …

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Navajo Nation: Cleaning Up Abandoned Uranium Mines

This site provides information about the progress of EPA's cleanup of abandoned uranium mines on Navajo and Hopi lands and in other areas of Arizona and New Mexico, including health impacts, major enforcement and removal milestones, and community actions. ... EPA Fact Sheet: Lukachukai Mountain Mining District is Now a …

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