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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 13 > Appeals court hears challenge to New Mexico uranium mine

Appeals court hears challenge to New Mexico uranium mine

By Ben Neary / The Bulletin
May 13, 2008

DENVER — Federal judges expressed surprise Monday that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued permits to allow a company to leach uranium out of an aquifer that supplies drinking water to thousands of Navajos in New Mexico.

Local groups are challenging the NRC’s....

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