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...
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Uranium in the News
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
Read MoreInside the Navajo Church Rock Nuclear Disaster, the largest radioactive disaster in US history that’s somehow often forgotten
https://www.insider.com/photos-church-rock-the-largest-radioactive-disaster-us-history-2023-6 James Pasley Jun 6, 2023, 11:55 AM PDT Signs warn residents in three...
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Navajo Nation officials, activists feel cut out as company advances uranium mining plans
https://www.the-journal.com/articles/navajo-nation-officials-activists-feel-cut-out-as-company-advances-uranium-mining-plans/ Disposal methods cause concern about...
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Federal legislation seeks to update mining law
By Hannah Grover https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2023/05/22/federal-legislation-seeks-to-update-mining-law/ Entrance to the Gold King Mine. Photo via Environmental...
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‘We are all forgotten’: Residents await long-delayed cleanup of uranium waste near Cameron
Arlyssa D. Becenti, Arizona Republic March 18, 2023...
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How yellowcake shaped the West
The ghosts of the uranium boom continue to haunt the land, water and people. Image credit: U.S. Department of Energy Jonathan Thompson How yellowcake shaped the West...
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Abandoned Uranium Mine Funding Sources
From 1944 to 1986, many Navajo people were employed at local uranium mines. Oftentimes, these workers lived and raised families near the mines and mills they were...
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