Uranium

The U.S. Geological Survey has released a first-of-its-kind study of uranium levels found in Grand Canyon National Park’s groundwater. It’s part of a long-term effort to try to determine the potential impacts of uranium mining in the area.

A group representing Navajo communities is presenting its case to an international human rights body, saying U.S. regulators violated the rights of tribal…

Conservation groups are urging Arizona regulators to deny a key permit for a uranium mine near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. They say it threatens…

U.S. nuclear regulators are considering a proposal to transfer 1 million cubic yards of waste from a former uranium mine in western New Mexico to a mill…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded three major contracts for the cleanup of abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. The projects…

Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he opposes expanded uranium mining near Grand Canyon National Park.…

A 20-year mining ban in Oak Creek Canyon expired in May. U.S. Forest Service officials are in the process of renewing it, but for now it leaves the area…

A federal judge has ruled against environmental groups and a tribe in their bid to keep a uranium mine south of the Grand Canyon from operating. The…

A Trump administration panel is urging government intervention to rescue America's nuclear-fuel industries in a tough global marketplace. A task force…

Tribal and environmental groups are calling on Arizona Republican Senator Martha McSally to back a bill permanently banning uranium mining near Grand…