US Approves First Cleanup of Abandoned Uranium Mines
For decades, thousands of sites associated with abandoned uranium mine waste have remained contaminated, many on or near Navajo and tribal lands.
The environmental legacy of Project Manhattan, a US-led World War II program, still impacts the United States.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a license to DISA Technologies on September 30, authorizing the cleanup of abandoned uranium mine sites and uranium recycling for domestic energy use.
The first license of its kind ever granted by the NRC.
Autor's resume: US begins uranium mine cleanup.