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Report: No Radiation Exposure At Grand Canyon National Park

Jul 26, 2019

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say final findings show there's no radiation exposure from uranium ore samples that poses a health risk for employees and visitors at Grand Canyon National Park.

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World
An Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through a uranium conversion facility in 2005. Iran says it is now enriching uranium above the limit set in the 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran's Uranium Enrichment Breaks Nuclear Deal Limit. Here's What That Means

Jul 07, 2019
The move signals that Iran is losing patience with the 2015 agreement after the U.S. blocked the economic relief promised.
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World
A file photo from Jan. 15, 2011, shows Iran's heavy water nuclear facility near Arak. Iran plans to walk back modifications to a nuclear reactor at the site.

Iran Is About To Exceed Uranium Limits. Is The Nuclear Deal Dying?

Jun 26, 2019
As soon as Thursday, Iran is expected to surpass a key limit set in place by the 2015 nuclear agreement. It could spell the end of the deal.
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National Security
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, pictured at a July 2018 news conference in Tehran, said Monday: "We have quadrupled the rate of enrichment and even increased it more recently."

Iran Says It Will Exceed Nuclear Deal's Limit On Uranium 'In 10 Days'

Jun 17, 2019
A spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran also says that Tehran is prepared to increase enrichment of uranium beyond what's permitted in the multilateral agreement.
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No Uranium Ore Exposure For Grand Canyon Park Employees

Mar 13, 2019

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say preliminary findings indicate no current uranium ore exposure for employees and visitors at Grand Canyon National Park.

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Grand Canyon Officials Investigating Possible Radiation Exposure

Feb 22, 2019

Grand Canyon National Park officials are looking into whether any visitors to the park could have been subjected to possible radiation exposure.

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National
The safety director at Grand Canyon National Park says people may have been exposed to radiation from three buckets of uranium ore that sat for years in a museum collection building. Whether the amount of exposure was unsafe has not been determined.

Uranium Ore Stored At Grand Canyon Park Museum Unlikely To Have Been Dangerous

Feb 19, 2019
A safety director issued a public warning that buckets of ore may have exposed employees and tourists to unsafe radiation. But being near natural uranium ore is unlikely to cause an unsafe dose.
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Court Revives Claim Involving Uranium Mine Near Grand Canyon

Oct 27, 2018

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal appeals court has revived a challenge to a company's right to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon.

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Shots - Health News
Sadie Bill's cabin sits at the base of Claim 28. She no longer lives there because of concerns about uranium contamination.

For Some Native Americans, Uranium Contamination Feels Like Discrimination

Nov 14, 2017
In the Navajo Nation, waste from old uranium mines has proved to be an insidious health hazard. Even spring water has become radioactive.
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The Two-Way
President Trump and his supporters claim that in exchange for millions of dollars in donations to the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton supported the 2010 sale of a mining company that gave Russia control of U.S. uranium supplies.

The Alternative 'Russia Scandal'

Nov 06, 2017
President Trump and his supporters are again claiming that Hillary Clinton helped Russia gain control of the U.S. uranium supply and endangered U.S. security. The facts don't support this.
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Shots - Health News
Maria Welch is a researcher studying the impact of uranium mining on Navajo families today. She also has a personal interest: Both her parents grew up next to mines.

For The Navajo Nation, Uranium Mining's Deadly Legacy Lingers

Apr 10, 2016
Uranium mining on Navajo lands ended in 1986, but the tribe is still suffering profound health effects. The government started cleanup only recently; many of the polluters have gone out of business.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Feds Push Nuclear Waste Burial In Nevada

Nov 13, 2013

The Las Vegas Sun unearthed a trove of documents that show that the U.S. Department of Energy was moving forward on a plan to bury nuclear waste in Nevada

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KNPR's State of Nevada

Too Hot To Handle: Weapons Grade Nuclear Waste In A Nevada Landfill?

May 15, 2013
For years, the federal government just didn't know what to do with its stockpile of Uranium 233. The experimental fuel had been created as an alternative to naturally occuring uranium, but was abandoned by the government in the 1970s.
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KNPR's State of Nevada

Yellow Dirt - Uranium and the Navajo

Nov 05, 2010
In the early years of the atomic age, the federal government went into overdrive to ensure that enough uranium was available for the Manhattan project and then the expanding nuclear arsenal during the Cold War. But that process left Navajo country exploited and soaked with radioactive materials.
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