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Navajo Nation strengthens rules on uranium transportation as negotiations continue with Energy Fuels Inc.
Monday, September 23, 2024
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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 exposure from uranium mining and nuclear bomb tests.
In late August, the Navajo Nation Council adopted legislation requiring a week’s notice before any future shipment from the mine to a mill in southern Utah.
The company is taking steps to appease the tribe. It has promised notice before future shipments, and is negotiating voluntary transit fees, even though tribal officials concede they can’t enforce the demands.
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Note: This story originally appeared on Cronkite News. It is published via a Creative Commons license. Cronkite News is produced by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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