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I think this is the mine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ranch-Highland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ranch-Highland This is the process: https://

by cgrubb 13y ago

I think this is the mine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ranch-Highland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Ranch-Highland This is the process: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-situ_leaching#Uranium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-situ_leaching#Uranium Hard to evaluate how serious the problem is without knowing how toxic and radioactive the waste is and how large the underground aquifers are.

cgrubb 13y ago
Having read up more on this, it looks like there are 2 active uranium mines in AZ, and one in each of NE, UT, WY. Industry people seem to think leaching is the cleanest way to mine uranium. Older techniques created radioactive dust.