Uranium News
Uranium education activities
These Uranium activities are designed to teach school students about the significance of uranium and its decay products, such as radium and radon.
Long-flowing springs on Hopi Reservation receding
Springs are drying up on the Hopi Reservation. Climate change is contributing to drought, and residents also suspect coal and uranium mining may be involved.
Navajo uranium victims remember mining camps
“What you have here, to me, is genocide. The government knew about it (radiation hazards) but they failed to tell the families and the workers that one day it was going to take their life.”
Nuclear wastelands: Uranium boom legacy poisoning Navajo Nation
Numerous uranium mines in Arizona were abandoned, leaving an environmental hazard in their wake. Radiation poisoning now threatens indigenous people.
Research finds uranium in Navajo women and babies
About a quarter of Navajo women and some infants who were part of a federally funded study on uranium exposure had high levels of the radioactive metal in their systems.
Uranium mining has been banned in Navajo country—could it come back?
Uranium mining and processing has been banned on Navajo Nation land for the past 15 years, but it's not clear if that ban would be respected under a current federal mandate to revive uranium mining on national security grounds.
Key additions to Navajo Nation 10-Year uranium plan
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Defense-Related Uranium Mines (DRUM) Program is joining a multiagency planning team to address uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation.
EPA awards 3 companies $220M for cleanup of abandoned uranium mines on Navajo Nation
The U.S. EPA and the Navajo Nation have secured funding agreements for the assessment and clean-up of approximately 200 abandoned uranium mine sites on the Navajo Nation.
House bill to ban uranium mining on 1 million acres around Grand Canyon
The House voted Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, to permanently ban new mining claims on more than 1 million acres around Grand Canyon National Park, supporters say a permanent ban is needed because the Grand Canyon is too valuable to risk possible damage from future mining.
Bill to preserve 3 million acres of land across Colorado, California, Arizona, and Washington
The bill would protect the drinking water of the Havasupai tribe by banning uranium mining in the land surrounding the Grand Canyon, protect 1,000 miles of river by adding them to the Wild and Scenic Rivers system, and give wilderness designation to 1.5 million acres of land.
Utah house passes resolution to extend Radiation Compensation Act
There are over 500 abandoned uranium mines, as well as homes and water sources with elevated levels of radiation on the Navajo Nation, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Biden Admin halts transfer of Oak Flat to mining company
Resolution Copper, a multinational mining corporation, has been temporarily blocked from taking over a parcel of land sacred to the San Carlos Apache Nation and other Native communities.
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