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Posted inEnvironment & Conservation, NM Legislature

Navajo Nation community pushes to have uranium mine waste moved to nearby landfill

Residents of a small Navajo Nation community are hopeful that some of the historic mine waste impacting their land and health will be hauled away.  In the 1970s and 1980s, the Quivira Mine produced approximately 4.6 million pounds of uranium, making it the third largest uranium mine on Navajo Nation. As the uranium was hauled […]