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Agencies cite progress, work still remaining on Navajo uranium cleanup

Michelle Peirano, Cronkite News Service//January 28, 2013//

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Agencies cite progress, work still remaining on Navajo uranium cleanup

Agencies cite progress, work still remaining on Navajo uranium cleanup

Michelle Peirano, Cronkite News Service//January 28, 2013//

Federal and tribal agencies are working together on several abandoned uranium mine cleanup projects on the Navajo Nation, shown above. (Map courtesy the Environmental Protection Agency)
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Tags: Ben Shelly, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, mining, United States Environmental Protection Agency, uranium contamination, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Nation

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