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EPA Unacceptability Notice to White Mesa Uranium Mill

12.2.21
Air quality, Energy, Uranium

On December 2, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency barred the White Mesa uranium mill in southeast Utah from accepting wastes from Superfund sites for processing and disposal. Read the letter ›

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