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