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Yellowcake National Park

Journal Article · · Sierra; (United States)
OSTI ID:6133877

Exploration for and mining of uranium ore is going on within 10 miles of the Grand Canyon National Park. The current rush started in 1980, when a Denver-based company, Energy Fuels Nuclear, took over a claim in Hack Canyon and uncovered a very rich deposit of uranium ore. Recent explorations have resulted in some 1300 claims in the area around the Grand Canyon, many of them in the Arizona Strip, the land between the Canyon and Utah. The center of current controversy is the 1872 Mining Law. Replacement of the law with a leasing system similar to that used for leasable minerals such as coal, oil shale, oil and gas, potash, and phosphate is advocated. 1 figure.

Research Organization:
Sierra Club's Plateau Group, Flagstaff, AZ
OSTI ID:
6133877
Journal Information:
Sierra; (United States), Journal Name: Sierra; (United States) Vol. 70:4; ISSN SIERE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English