White Mesa, Utah - A "radioactive materials" warning sign on a flimsy fence around ponds at the Energy Fuels Resources' White Mesa Mill. The ponds wer

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White Mesa, Utah - A "radioactive materials" warning sign on a flimsy fence around ponds at the Energy Fuels Resources' White Mesa Mill. The ponds were originally built to hold the mill's uranium tailings, but increasingly are filled with radioactive waste from across the and abroad. Members of the Ute Mountain Ute and other tribes fear that leaks in the ponds will contaminate their drinking water.

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Size: 6048px × 4032px
Location: White Mesa, Utah, United States
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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