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Navajo Fight Against New Uranium Mines Explained, on The Lindberg Report

Max Lindberg — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:06:24 +0000

As I stated in an earlier article, the Navajo Nation is challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in a Federal appeals court, over proposed in situ leach uranium mining on tribal lands. It’s the first time in history that the NRC will be challenged in court for its approval of a source materials license for an in situ leach uranium mine.

The Navajo communities of Crownpoint and Church Rock are represented by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC), Eastern Navajo Dine against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) and Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC). They are demanding that a New Mexico mining company, Hydro Resources, Inc., stay off tribal lands.

Eric Jantz, a lawyer with the NMELC, spent some time with me, explaining the lawsuit and that organization’s role in other uranium related issues. I asked him for a briefing on the litigation.

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Three Mile Island Seeks License Extension for Reactor that Didn’t Melt Down

Shirley Siluk Gregory — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:40:35 +0000

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to hold two public hearings next week on a request to extend the operating license for reactor 1 at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

The afternoon and evening hearings are set for Tuesday, March 4, in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Tell it to the Fudge

Shirley Siluk Gregory — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:10:59 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports that a nuclear plant worker in Vermont was suspended after testing positive for drugs; the worker blamed the test results on brownies served at a party that he didn’t know were laced with marijuana.

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