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Uranium is still poisoning Navajo land, water and children. But a new uranium mine is transporting ore across the Navajo Nation \u2014 and the people there can't stop it.

A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: America's only uranium processing plant is preparing to get uranium ore from U.S. mines for the first time in 25 years. The Navajo Nation worries about the health risks.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, approximately 30 million tons of uranium ore were extracted during mining operations within the Navajo Nation from 1944 to 1986.

In a recent development, a major uranium mining company, Energy Fuels Inc., began transporting uranium ore from a mine in northern Arizona to a processing site in Utah.

The mine is projected to produce about 1.57 million pounds of uranium over its 28-month operating period, she said, while the U.S. uses about 40 to 50 million pounds per year.

(Sharon Chischilly | The New York Times) A truck crossing the Navajo Nation Tuesday was carrying uranium ore mined in Arizona, at the Pinyon Plain Mine, to the White Mesa Mill just south of ...

Navajo leaders have implored President Joe Biden to block transportation of uranium ore through the Navajo Nation, particularly on State Route 89 and U.S. Highway 160.

The Navajo Nation's uranium transport controversy involves recent efforts by the tribe to block uranium ore shipments from a mine in northern Arizona to a processing site in Utah.