New Online Dashboard Identifies Threats Posed by Uranium Mines and Mills in New Mexico

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The state where the U.S. nuclear weapons program was born has dozens of now-closed uranium mines and facilities where the radioactive mineral was handled. The new program will help everyone from community members to regulators see the hazards they pose.

Over the span of 50 years, New Mexico saw the development of dozens of uranium mines mostly in the northwest part of the state on federal, state, tribal, private or mixed land.

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