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Navajo Nation: Cleaning Up Abandoned Uranium Mines

Eastern Abandoned Uranium Mine Region Fact Sheets

Fact sheets with general information about the Eastern Abandoned Uranium Mine Region.

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  • EPA Fact Sheet: Eastern Abandoned Uranium Mine Region (PDF)(3 pp, 3 MB, August 27, 2020)
    This printable flyer has information about the 86 mines in the Eastern Abandoned Uranium Mine Region and the assessment and cleanup process at 22 mines, approximately 26% of the mines in the Eastern AUM Region, including 11 of the 13 priority mines.
  • EPA Fact Sheet: Uranium in the Crownpoint Area (PDF)(1 pg, 1 MB, April 2014)
    This poster provides information about mine and mill sites and contaminated water sources in the Crowpoint area and in the Eastern Abandoned Uranium Mine region.
  • EPA Fact Sheet: Uranium in the Gallop Area (PDF)(1 pg, 2 MB, April 2014)
    This poster provides information about mine and mill sites and contaminated water sources in the Gallup area and in the Eastern Abandoned Uranium Mine region.