Navajo Nation to allow uranium waste transport
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
The Navajo Nation has agreed to allow the Department of Energy to transport radioactive waste through the reservation.
The transuranic waste, which is contaminated with uranium and related chemicals, is headed to the Waste Isolation Pilot Project in southern New Mexico. But it will pass through several Navajo communities on its way there.
The tribe will receive $50,000 from DOE to inform the public about the transport of the waste.
Get the Story:
Waste to be moved through Gallup
(The Gallup Independent 10/24)
Relevant Links:
Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining -
http://www.endaum.org
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