White Mesa Uranium Mill, 

Blanding, Utah

"White Mesa Mill, the country's only functioning uranium mill, sits on the doorstep of Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah. It neighbors the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe's White Mesa community and was built in the late 1970s to break down rocks and process natural uranium ore.
But when the owners of the White Mesa Mill quietly changed their business plan, the mill became a commercial dumping ground for low-level radioactive wastes from contaminated sites across America and the world. Now, over 700 million pounds of toxic wastes simmer in the mill's massive waste pits.
We believe that if the White Mesa Mill wants to function like a radioactive waste-disposal business it should be regulated like one." - Grand Canyon Trust

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