Uranium Transport through Navajo Nation Raises Concerns for Ute Tribe

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Uranium Transport through Navajo Nation Raises Concerns for Ute Tribe
URANIUM TRANSPORTNAVAJO NATIONUTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBE
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An agreement allowing the transport of uranium ore from Arizona through the Navajo Nation into Utah is sparking concern among members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. The agreement, which was the focus of a dispute last summer, has prompted calls for the closure or relocation of the White Mesa Mill, a processing facility in southeastern Utah that receives the uranium ore.

<p>WHITE MESA, San Juan County — An accord between Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels officials over transport of uranium ore from Arizona through the reservation into Utah — focus of a fla

 Her organization has called for the White Mesa Mill near the White Mesa Ute Mountain Ute community in southeastern Utah — a destination for uranium ore coming from Arizona through the Navajo 

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