President Buu Nygren said he will continue to oppose shipments of uranium ore from a mine near the Grand Canyon across the ...

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.

The Navajo Nation's opposition to uranium transport is deeply rooted in its history. From 1944 to 1990, extensive uranium mining on Navajo lands led to severe health issues and environmental ...

Navajo Nation to test limit of uranium mining law on tribal land A uranium ore pile is the first to be mined at the Energy Fuels Inc. uranium Pinyon Plain Mine on Jan. 31, near Tusayan, Arizona.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren marched with protestors on Aug. 2, 2024, in Cameron, Arizona, to oppose the transportation of uranium across Navajo land. Courtesy Photo by the Navajo Nation ...

The Navajo Nation’s move to strengthen its regulations follows what the tribe says was Energy Fuels’ unannounced transportation of uranium ore through its reservation on July 30.

Nygren, the Navajo president, spoke about the more than 500 abandoned mines on Navajo land that remain on contaminated land, and about the generational trauma caused by uranium mining.

Cheyenne Antonio, an advocate with Diné C.A.R.E, told Source that she asked Navajo Nation officials at a recent meeting about the prospect of uranium transport in New Mexico.

Tsosie attended the second day of Navajo Nation Council with other former uranium miners and family members of uranium miners, who traveled to Washington, D.C., on a 38-hour bus ride last fall to ...

“The Navajo Nation has suffered longstanding impacts from uranium mining conducted during the Cold War era,” said Mark Chalmers, president and CEO of Energy Fuels, in a press release earlier ...