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 ...
DetailsComment 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 …
DetailsMiles from the site of the 1979 Church Rock Mill spill, the largest nuclear disaster in U.S. history, uranium extraction operations could resume near the Navajo Nation.
DetailsKeeping 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 …
DetailsThe Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency and its Superfund Program, the Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation/Uranium Mill Tailings Remediation Action Department, the Navajo Nation Department of Health, the Navajo Nation Washington Office and the Navajo Nation Department of Justice shall work with …
DetailsThe Navajo Nation banned uranium mining on their lands in 2005 due to its many adverse effects on the environment and human health. The Panther Minerals' Boulder Creek uranium exploration program is located on federal and state-owned land, with 11 mining claims under the Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction and 18 under the …
DetailsThe 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 …
DetailsThe 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.
DetailsCameco 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.
DetailsIt'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 ...
DetailsIdentified 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 ...
DetailsUranium 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 ...
DetailsWASHINGTON – 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 …
DetailsThis 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 …
DetailsWeekly spot uranium prices nearly doubled last year, but have quadrupled since 2020, according to UxC data. But mining stocks and ETFs are lagging the recovery.
DetailsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Uranium mining in the U.S. is picking up after the nuclear fuel's price hit a 16-year high earlier this year. But now that a mine near the …
DetailsWhen uranium companies recently tried to reopen mines around the Grand Canyon, the federal government moved to protect natural heritage by banning uranium mining in a 1 million-acre area around the scenic visitors' attraction. "Mining is a boom-and-bust industry that harms tourism and robs local economies of long-term benefits." 7
DetailsIn December 2023, Energy Fuels Resources announced it had begun mining uranium at Canyon Mine (renamed Pinyon Plain Mine) for the first time in the mine's nearly 40-year history. Please let the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Justice and the U.S. Forest Service, which manages the public land the mine occupies …
DetailsBack 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 ...
DetailsUranium is a naturally-occurring radioactive element that has been mined and used for its chemical properties for more than a thousand years. It is now primarily used as fuel for nuclear reactors that make electricity. Uranium can be recovered in two ways: by conventional mining of the rock (ore), or by using strong chemicals to dissolve uranium …
Detailsby 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 …
DetailsKazatomprom 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, …
DetailsUranium mining and processing are associated with a wide range of potential adverse human health risks. Some of these risks arise out of aspects of uranium mining and processing specific to that enterprise, whereas other risks apply to the mining sector generally and still others are linked more broadly to large-scale industrial or …
DetailsThe 2020-2029 Ten-Year Plan continues the effort of the previous Five-Year Plans and identifies the next steps in addressing the human health and environmental …
DetailsContamination 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.
DetailsThe 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 ...
DetailsBy 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 …
DetailsThe 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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