Uranium company’s finalized NM plan includes treating, dumping water into nearby river

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: May 26, 2026

Words: 972

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A Colorado uranium company recently submitted a finalized operation plan to New Mexico officials, signaling that it — along with multiple other out-of-state companies — is increasingly serious about mining uranium in the state.

Energy Fuels, Inc. submitted a 273-page operations and “reclamation” plan earlier this month that details how it plans to extract uranium from more than 1,600 feet below the surface within the Cibola National Forest boundaries in McKinley County, then

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