Uranium & the Half-Life of Hope

Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 N Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff

The disturbing legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation is well known to people who live near abandoned mines and mills.

Uranium – The Half-life of Hope

Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 N Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff

The legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation is well known to people who live near abandoned mines and mills. In 2005, the Nation banned uranium mining and milling on its reservation, and a 20-year ban on new mining claims on public lands adjacent to Grand Canyon is in effect. Yet rising uranium prices, already permitted mines, and thousands of existing claims on other Colorado Plateau lands raise the possibility of yet another uranium boom in our region.