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The nation’s last uranium mill plans to import Estonia’s radioactive waste via High Country News

By Jessica Douglas […] “A lot of people don’t understand what we go through here in our community,” Badback said. “We want the mill to close. We want them to clean it up.” Badback sounds frustrated and fatigued; at 48, … Continue reading

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Activists in Japan rally against plans to export radioactive material to Utah via Salt Lake Tribune

Tomoyo Tamayama has studied the troubling legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. By Zak Podmore  | Jan. 4, 2021, 7:00 a.m. Activist and farmer Tomoyo Tamayama was already an expert in the ways radiation exposure can disrupt communities when … Continue reading

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