Uranium transport to Utah across Navajo Nation will resume

Uranium transport to Utah across the Navajo Nation will resume after agreement struck with tribe
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.
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Uranium has long been a concern for the Navajo Nation due to the history of mining, which has deeply impacted the land and community since the 1940s. The Arizona Mirror traveled the 320-mile route that uranium ore will travel from the Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon to a mill near Blanding,
Uranium ore shipments will resume after Navajo Nation, Energy Fuels reach agreement
The agreement that will allow the mining company to ship ore from its mine near the Grand Canyon to a mill in Utah.
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A Navajo Nation official said the agreement with the company, which began the transports over objections by the tribe and local governments last year, was in in the tribe's "best interest" instead of a legal battle.
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Shipments of uranium ore from a revived mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon are expected to resume in February after the Navajo Nation reached a settlement with the mining company, clearing the way for trucks to transport the ore across the largest Native American reservation in the U.
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