The federal government is cleaning up a long legacy of uranium mining within the Navajo Nation — some 27,000 square miles spread across Utah, New Mexico and Arizona that is home to more than ...

Navajo Nation to test limit of uranium mining law on tribal land A uranium ore pile is the first to be mined at the Energy Fuels Inc. uranium Pinyon Plain Mine on Jan. 31, near Tusayan, Arizona.

Uranium 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 ...

The Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels Inc., the owner of the White Mesa Mill in Blanding, have reached an agreement for the future transport of uranium ore across the reservation into Utah.

The Navajo Nation's opposition to uranium transport is deeply rooted in its history. From 1944 to 1990, extensive uranium mining on Navajo lands led to severe health issues and environmental ...

Navajo Nation leaders and citizens continue to voice their opposition and concern over Energy Fuels's uranium ore transport ...

A year after Congress allowed a radiation compensation program to lapse, former Navajo uranium miners and their families want the aid restored.

We are broadcasting from New Mexico–home to the Navajo Nation. For decades they have been fighting an ongoing battle against uranium mining on their land.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren marched with protestors on Aug. 2, 2024, in Cameron, Arizona, to oppose the transportation of uranium across Navajo land. Courtesy Photo by the Navajo Nation ...

And on Navajo, we have a number, 520 abandoned mines, but it’s actually 520 clusters, so there’s over 2,000 individual sites of abandoned uranium mines where conventional mining occurred, and ...