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[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Also, the ores it's found in are usually more concentrated than uranium and don't form pockets of dangerous radon gas, so it's safer, cheaper and more efficient to mine.

Right now the US is mining/transporting uranium in the Grand fucking Canyon. Besides risking a natural wonder of the world with rich cultural and scientific history, it also risks the native lands of the Havasupai tribe which would be permanently displaced if an environmental disaster occurred there.

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