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Posted on Oct 7, 2024 in MASE Core Groups, MASE in the News, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, Uranium on Navajo Nation

Elder Red Water Pond Water family members say no to uranium mining

By Navajo Times | Sep 19, 2024 | News | By Donovan Quintero Special to the Times...

Navajo and other radiation, uranium mine survivors demand action on stalled RECA compensation program

Gabrielle Wallace /Cronkite News Sept. 25, 2024 WASHINGTON – People exposed to radiation from atomic bomb tests and uranium mines rallied Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol –...

Advocates on long road to reinstate federal radiation exposure act

Navajo Nation member Carol Etcitty-Roger speaks about cancer in her eye from radiation exposure during a news conference about the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act...

Posted on Mar 26, 2024 in Uranium in the News, Uranium on Navajo Nation

OPINION: Federal government must halt new uranium mining and clean up the 500-plus abandoned mines

By Eric Jantz / Albuquerque resident and Teracita Keyanna / Gallup resident | Mar 24, 2024 Updated Mar 26, 2024...

Posted on Feb 21, 2024 in Uranium in the News, Uranium on Navajo Nation

Ignored Paths of Uranium Exposure Illuminated by Havasupai Tribe

An agency-tribal partnership is identifying exposure risks previously not considered in mining risk assessments. By Grace van Deelen | 20 February 2024 Ignored Paths...

Posted on Dec 20, 2023 in MASE in the News, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Federal act doesn’t address RECA, but still is sending billions to NM

By Cathy Cook / Journal Staff Writer, The Alburquerque Journal | Dec 20, 2023 The solar tower at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. The National Defense...

Posted on Dec 6, 2023 in MASE in the News, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Billiman raises awareness for RECA extension

By Jody Wilson, Gallup Independent | 12/6/23 DinÃ© Bureau GALLUP — On Saturday, Maggie Billiman and several members of her family gathered at Camille’s in Gallup to...

Posted on Oct 27, 2023 in Uranium in the News

Tribal Leaders Speak out at White Mesa Spiritual Walk

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: GRAND CANYON TRUST | URANIUM BLOG on October 17 2023 by Tim Peterson, Cultural Landscapes Director The day before the second anniversary...

Posted on Oct 2, 2023 in Post '71 Uranium Workers, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

Post ’71 Uranium Exposure

A Survey of Former Uranium Workers August 2009 https://swuraniumimpacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/09-Post-71-PPT-presentation.pdf

Posted on Oct 1, 2023 in Uranium in the News, Uranium on Navajo Nation

Maryknoll nun helps New Mexico’s tribal peoples deal with uranium legacy

BY: MARK PATTISON When she was assigned to New Mexico 26 years ago after spending 33 years ministering in Asia, Maryknoll Sr. Rose Marie Cecchini never expected to...

Posted on Sep 25, 2023 in Uranium in the News, Uranium on Navajo Nation

Lawmakers, community members say RECA expansion is needed to help the ‘unknowing, unwilling, uncompensated victims of the Cold War’

By Hannah Grover “You talk about the American dream, our people that engage in mining of uranium did not reach that American dream,” – Phil Harrison, a former...

Posted on Jun 27, 2023 in Homestake-Barrick Gold, Media/Press Releases, Uranium in the News

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Issues Rare Denial to Uranium Company Seeking to Walk Away from Groundwater Cleanup

Homestake/Barrick Gold Request for “Alternate Concentration Limits” at Grants Reclamation Project Not Accepted by NRC For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 27,...