Tag: uranium
Nuclear Regulatory Commission claims Colorado botched licensing of uranium mill
Colorado officials failed to allow the public to properly vet a proposed uranium mill they licensed last year, U.S. regulators declared last week in a letter to an environmental group suing the state.
Conservation groups, tribe defend feds in Grand Canyon uranium mining lawsuit
A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in...
McCain, GOP blasted for bid to block Salazar’s Grand Canyon uranium...
Conservation groups reacted swiftly Wednesday to a bill introduced by Republican Sens. John McCain and Orrin Hatch, among others, that would block the U.S. Interior Department from implementing a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining near Grand Canyon National Park.
New Mexico’s Udall seeks GAO probe to make sure taxpayers get...
With profits soaring for hard-rock mining and oil and gas companies doing business on public lands, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., is leading the charge to get the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate whether American taxpayers are getting their fair share.
Colorado law sanctioning uranium mills complicates plans for New Mexico mine
A controversial plan to open an old uranium mine on Mt. Taylor near Grants, New Mexico, faces an obstacle in the new law passed by the Colorado legislature that forbids increased operations at uranium mills until the mill companies clean up sites contaminated in the past. The Cotter Uranium Mill, just a little over a mile south of Cañon City is owned by the same company that owns the Mt. Taylor mine and is the designated recipient of future Mt. Taylor uranium ore. Under the new law, which Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has yet to sign, Cotter would not be able to accept the ore, at least not any time soon.
Uranium trains continue to criss-cross Utah as Moab project hits milestone
One of the rationales frequently trotted out in support of a proposed uranium mill in western Montrose County is that it won’t impact outdoor...
Sentinel series dubs Energy Alley along I-70 western Colorado’s ‘Road to...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel on Sunday did a good job of painting the big picture in terms of the massive scale of energy...
Report: EPA permit would allow Powertech to contaminate aquifer with proposed...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents obtained by Environment Colorado reveal behind-closed-doors negotiations between the EPA and Powertech USA that would allow the company to...
Telluride environmental group sues Montrose County over uranium mill
Montrose County commissioners met in secret and had already made up their minds before approving a special use permit for a uranium mill in...
Proposed uranium mill deeply divides southwestern Colorado communities
MONTROSE — Montrose County commissioners delayed a decision on a controversial uranium mill proposal Wednesday after nearly six hours of public testimony that underscored deep divisions between longtime mining families and residents of neighboring Telluride and San Miguel County.