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Moratorium on Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon Extended

HeadlineJun 21, 2011

In nuclear news, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has extended by six months a moratorium on any new uranium mining on a million acres near the Grand Canyon in Arizona and Utah. Many conservation groups and Native American tribes are now calling on the Obama administration to impose a 20-year ban on mining in the area.

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