NRC, BLM enter into new Memorandum of Understanding on the development of uranium resources
On February 12, 2013, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Bureau of Land Management, United States Department of the Interior (BLM) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning the development of uranium or thorium resources on BLM administered public lands, including Federal mineral estates.> Federal Register Volume 78, Number 62 (Monday, April 1, 2013) p. 19540-19541 (download full text
)> Download: Memorandum of Understanding
, Feb. 12, 2013 (2.5MB PDF)> Access Docket ID NRC-2013-0061
> See also: NRC issues Notice of Availability of a Memorandum of Understanding between NRC and BLM
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) releases final update of Toxicological Profile for Uranium
> Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013) p. 17213 (download full text)> Download Toxicological Profile for Uranium
, February 2013> Access Docket ID CDC-2011-0005
> See also: ATSDR invites comment on draft update of Toxicological Profile for Uranium
Natural Resources Defense Council urges federal agencies to implement a more protective regulation of uranium in situ leach mining in the U.S.
At the NRC Briefing on Uranium Recovery held on Feb. 20, 2013, the Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) to establish more protective regulations for the in
situ leach mining of uranium. According to an NRDC report released in 2012,
current regulations are not sufficient to protect groundwater in the long
term.The EPA representative present at the meeting indicated that EPA's draft regulations would become available later this year.
> Access Agenda, Slides, Transcript, and Webcast Archive of Feb. 20, 2013, Briefing on Uranium Recovery
(NRC)> See also: Natural Resources Defense Council issues study on environmental impacts of uranium in situ leach mining and related regulatory failures in the U.S.
> See also: EPA to review its Health and Environmental Standards for Uranium and Thorium Milling Facilities (40 CFR 192)
http://www.wise-uranium.org/uregusa.html#NRC-2013-0061
URANIUM WATCH: Great Website:
http://uraniumwatch.org/index.htm
The uranium industry is going through a process of globalization, consolidation, joint ventures, mutual investments, sale and purchase of properties, and the like. Some companies operate under different subsidiaries. The ownership structures can be complex.• World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Uranium Project
~ Uranium Mining and Milling
~ Uranium Mining and Exploration Companies World Wide
• Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)
Many of the uranium exploration and development companies operating in the United States are Canadian corporations.
~ SEDAR - Search for electronic filings with CSA.
• The Gulliver FileHistoric Corporate Dossiers on Global Uranium Miners• Mineweb• Powertech ExposedExtensive information about Powertech Corp and ISL uranium recovery in South Dakota and Colorado
• Resource InvestorInformation on uranium market and industry.• TradeTech Uranium InformationNews and Information about the uranium Industry and uranium market• 24 Gold
• Uraniumletter International
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
~ EDGAR - SEC Filings and Forms
~ EDGAR - Search for electronic filings with the SEC.• Utah Mining Association
• World Nuclear Association
~ U.S. Nuclear Power Industry
• Wyoming Mining Association (WMA)
~ Wyoming Uranium
COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES• American Nuclear CorporationANC Gas Hills Mill, Wyoming• American Uranium Inc. (formerly Alpine Resources Corporation)
In situ leach (ISL) interests in Wyoming~ WISE Uranium page• Anderson Mining Corporation(subsidiary of Concentric Energy Corportion)
Mine/mill project in Arizona
• AREVA NC Inc.
(parent company of COGEMA)
~ WISE Uranium page• BHP Billiton(parent company of Rio Algom Mining LLC)
Lisbon Valley Mill, Utah
Ambrosia Lake Mill, New Mexico (former Kerr McGee Mill)
~ WISE Uranium pageProposal for sale of Rio Algom to Uranium Resources Inc.• Bayswater Uranium CorporationMine projects in California, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming• Bear Creek Uranium Company
(subsidiary of Union Pacific)
Bear Creek Mill, Wyoming
• Black Range Minerals Ltd.Mine projects in Colorado and Wyoming
~ WISE Uranium page
• Blue Rock Resources Ltd.Mine projects in Colorado and Utah.
• Cameco Corporation
Cameco Resources (formerly Crow Butte Resources Inc.)
(formerly Power Resources Inc.)
ISL and mine projects in Nebraska and Wyoming
~ WISE Uranium page
• Cogema Mining Inc. (COMIN)
(parent company of Pathfinder Mines Inc.)
Cogema Resources Inc.
(subsidiaries of AREVA NC Inc.)
Christensen Ranch and Irigaray ISLs
~ WISE Uranium page~ Gulliver COGEMA dossier
• Concentric Energy Corportion(parent company of Anderson Mining)
Mine/mill project in Arizona• Cotter Corporation(subsidiary of General Atomics)
Cañon City Mill, Colorado
Mine projects in Colorado and Wyoming
~ WISE Uranium page
• Crow Butte Resources Inc.(subsidiary of Cameco)Crow Butte ISL in Nebraska
~ WISE Uranium page• Denison Mines Corporation
(formerly International Uranium Corporation)
Operates White Mesa Mill, San Juan County, Utah
Mine projects in Arizona, Colorado, and Utah
~ WISE Uranium page~Gulliver Denison Mines dossier
• Energy Fuels Inc.Energy Fuels Resources Corporation
Proposed Mill in Colorado
Mine projects in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
~ WISE Uranium page
• Energy Metals Corporation(formerly Clan Resources Ltd.)
(acquired by Uranium One Inc.)Mine and ISL projects in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming
~ WISE Uranium page• General Atomics
(parent Company of Cotter Corporation and
Rio Grand Resources Corporation)
~ WISE Uranium page
• Glen Hawk Minerals Ltd.Mine/ISL project in Utah.
• High Plains Uranium Inc.(acquired by Energy Metals Corp.)
Mine Projects in Wyoming
~ WISE Uranium page• Homestake Mining Company
Homestake Mill Superfund site, New Mexico
• Hydro Resources Inc.(subsidiary of Uranium Resources Inc.)
Churchrock/Crown Point ISL projects, New Mexico
~ WISE Uranium page
• Kennecott Uranium CompanySweetwater Mill, Wyoming
(subsidiary of Rio Tinto PLC)
http://www.riotinto.com/
~ WISE Uranium page
• Landmark Minerals Inc.Mine project in Alaska
(purchased by Ucore Uranium Inc. in 2007)• Liberty Star Uranium and Metals Corp.
• Magnum Uranium Corporation Mine projects in Idaho, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming• Malapai Resources Co.
(subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corp.)
(to be acquired by Electricite de France)• MAX Resources CorporationMine projects in Arizona and New Mexico• Mesa Uranium CorporationMine projects in Arizona and Utah
• Mesteña Uranium, LLCISL project in Texas
~ WISE Uranium page
• Native American Energy Group
~ WISE Uranium page
• Neutron Energy Corporation
Mine projects in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah. and Wyoming
~ Regional Project Map
~ Partner of Trans America Industries• New Horizon Uraninium CorporationMine and ISL Projects in Colorado and Wyoming• New Mexico and Arizona Land Company LLC (NZ Uranium LLC)
Mine projects in New Mexico
~ WISE Uranium page• Northern Canadian UraniumMine and ISL projects in Nevada and Wyoming
• Nu Mex Uranium CorporationISL/mine projects in New Mexico
• Pathfinder Mines Inc. (Subsidiary of COGEMA/AREVA NC Inc.)
Shirley Basin and Lucky Mc Mills, Wyoming
• Powertech Uranium Corporation(formerly Power Resources)
Mine and mill projects in Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming
~ WISE Uranium page
~ Powertech Exposed
Extensive information about Powertech Corp and ISL uranium recovery in South Dakota and Colorado• Quincy Energy Corporation
(aquired by Energy Metals Corporation)
(EMC acquired by Uranium One Inc. 2008)
~ WISE Uranium page• Rio Algom Inc.Ambrosia Lake Mill, New Mexico
Lisbon Valley Mill, Utah
(subsidiary of BHP Billiton)
Proposal for sale of Rio Algom to Uranium Resources Inc.• Rio Grand Resources Corporation(subsidiary of General Atomics)
Mt. Taylor Mine/Mill project, New Mexico
~ WISE Uranium page• Sohio Western Mining Co.
L-Bar Mill, New Mexico
• Standard Uranium Inc.Mine projects in Texas
(acquired by Energy Metals Corp. in 2006)
(EMC acquired by Uranium One Inc. 2008)
~ WISE Uranium page
• Strathmore Minerals CorporationMine projects in New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming
~ Projects
~ WISE Uranium page• Thelon Ventures LimitedMine projects in Nevada and Utah
• Trans America Industries
• Ucore UraniumMine projects in Alaska
(aquired Landmark Minerals Inc.)• Umetco Minerals Corporation
Gas Hills Mill, Wyoming
(subsidiary of Union Carbide/Dow Chemical• Urex Energy CorporationMine project in New Mexico• Uranium Energy CorporationMine projects in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming
~ WISE Uranium page• Uranium One Inc.
Shootaring Canyon Mill, Utah
Mine and ISL projects in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming
(acquired Energy Metals Corporation)
~ WISE Uranium page• Uranium Power Corporation
Mine projects in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming
~ WISE Uranium page• Uranium Resources Inc.ISL and mine projects in New Mexico
(parent Company of Hydro Resources, Inc.)
~ WISE Uranium page
• U.S. Energy Corporation
~ WISE Uranium page• Western Nuclear Inc. Split Rock Mill, Wyoming
(subsidiary of Phelps Dodge Inc.)
~ Gulliver's Western Nuclear dossier
Healthy Environment ALliance of Utah
Mining
| The first and one of the dirtiest steps in the nuclear fuel cycle is uranium mining. Utah has been negatively impacted by uranium mining for decades and a nuclear power revival would likely repeat this dirty past. |  |
Utah's mining LegacyDuring the uranium boom of the 1940s and 50s, thousands of uranium mines were created in Utah and ultimately abandoned, leaving taxpayers with the bills estimated at $125 million dollars. Click here to learn more.http://healutah.org/nuclearutah/mining | Mining TodayUtah is now poised to dash headlong back into uranium mining. There have been 18,000 new claims filed in Utah and Colorado in the last two years. The Utah Geological Survey has already seen over 6,000 uranium claims filed.
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