NUCLEAR AND U

Intrigued by our Hot Topics article on nuclear energy and uranium mining around the Grand Canyon? Investigate the issue further with these links to videos of the mines and detailed probes into these controversial issues.

Think the uranium mines in Northern Arizona are far from the Grand Canyon’s walls? Check out this video from EcoFlight and the Grand Canyon Trust to see just how close some are to the edge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhARluHURjQ

Descend into the Arizona 1 Mine, located about 12 miles from the Grand Canyon, with the BBC’s Leana Hosea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo0vsoO6fSo

Read the USGS’s summary of contamination findings related to uranium mines around the Canyon: http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/documents/gc_uranium_USGSsummaryContamination.pdf

Trace the events related to Northern Arizona uranium mining from the Grand Canyon Trust’s perspective: http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/grand-canyon-trust-uranium-campaign-chronicle/

Learn about the Nuclear Energy Institute’s and the National Mining Association’s legal complaint against the U.S. Department of the Interior following Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s 20-year moratorium on uranium mining around the Canyon: http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/publicpolicy/legal-documents/national-mining-association-and-nei-legal-complaint-v-the-us-department-of-interior-et-al-regarding-uranium-mining-near-the-grand-canyon-february-2012