Uranium cannot cross Navajo Nation without tribe’s permission for next 6 months, tribe’s president says in new order

The Arizona attorney general called Energy Fuels’ transportation of radioactive materials across the reservation without notice Tuesday “unacceptable.”

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) White Mesa Mill just south of Blanding on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. After trucks carrying uranium ore to Blanding's White Mesa Mill crossed the Navajo Nation on Tuesday, the tribe's president issued an executive order preventing anyone from transporting radioactive material across Navajo land without permission from the tribe for six months.

Uranium cannot cross Navajo Nation without tribe’s permission for next 6 months, tribe’s president says in new order

The Arizona attorney general called Energy Fuels’ transportation of radioactive materials across the reservation without notice Tuesday “unacceptable.”

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