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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 10 > Uranium craze sparks conflict on flanks of the Grand Canyon

Uranium craze sparks conflict on flanks of the Grand Canyon

By Judy Pasternak / The Bulletin
May 10, 2008

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Thanks to renewed interest in nuclear power, the United States is on the verge of a uranium mining boom, and nowhere is the hurry to stake claims more pronounced than in the districts flanking the Grand Canyon’s storied sandstone cliffs.

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