
NH #590: Uranium Mine to become Int’l Radioactive Waste Dump? Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Fights White Mesa Mill
Nuclear Hotseat
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The White Mesa Uranium Mine Is on Standby
There is concern by the have a soop high community people who are working on protecting the Grand Canyon related to this uranium mine that is under development. All of their conventional mines except one are currently on standby they're not mining any ore at this time. The white mason mill was founded in the 1980s has it operated consistently since then or have there been stretches of time when it hasn't been operational even now? They've been focusing on processing monazite sands that come from the state of Georgia and they remove uranium.
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