http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/investigations/2015/12/31/radiation-rise-stalls-uranium-mine-permits-near-grand-canyon/78133164/ Radiation rise stalls uranium mine permits near Grand Canyon The levels pose no immediate risk, according to state officials, but reignite calls for a permanent ban on new uranium mines near the Canyon A spike in radioactive soil contamination around a remote uranium mine north of the...

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/SD-to-tackle-livestock-operation-permits-power-6731648.php URANIUM MINING The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to move forward in 2016 with extensive new standards to protect groundwater from uranium mining. The EPA proposed the standards in 2015 to account for how nearly all uranium produced in the U.S. nowadays comes from in-situ mining...