Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah’s radioactive past?
Regulations on uranium mining and milling have grown far more stringent over the last 40 years, but opposition remains strong.
(Courtesy of Dom Smith | EcoFlight) Energy Fuels White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah, is the last conventional uranium mill still operating in the United States.
| Jan. 30, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
San Juan County • When Mark Chalmers began working in the uranium industry in the 1970s, robust regulations on radioactive material were just starting to emerge in the United States.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established in 1975 after its predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, failed to protect workers and the environment from harmful radiation.