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Low uranium price and lawsuit shut down uranium mill

Group says Utah uranium mill is violating emission limits Nuclear power » Group tells White Mesa it may sue uranium producer to enforce Clean Air Act. By Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Feb 01 2014 Just as the nation’s last remaining uranium mill is about to win permission to process waste from a Washington state Superfund site, government documents suggest the Utah operation has been emitting radon gas in excess of federal standards and “fugitive” dust has blown off site.

Grand Canyon Trust is citing these documents, filed in recent months with Utah regulators, in a lawsuit it is preparing against Energy Fuels Resources, the Colorado-based uranium producer that operates the White Mesa Mill six miles south of Blanding…….

Citing declining uranium prices in the wake of the Fukushima reactor meltdown, Moore said Energy Fuels will suspend mineral processing in mid-2014 and resume operations next year……http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57477930-78/mill-uranium-energy-utah.html.csp

February 3, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized