NAVAJO ABANDONED URANIUM MINES
Phase 2 Expanded Trust
The Phase 2 Trust will conduct investigations at 30 mines - 13 of these mines are located in the Cameron area and the remaining 17 mines are located in the Black Mesa and Teec Nos Pos areas. The Phase 2 Trustee will also conduct two water studies. One at the Claim 28 mine in Blue Gap, AZ and another at the Saytah/George Simpson 1 Incline mine in Sweetwater/Teec Nos Pos, AZ.
The Phase 2 Trust is an all Navajo team working together to redeem our homeland. Working with the Trust Team as Environmental Consultant, WSP, Inc. (formerly Ecology & Environment, Inc.).
Abandoned No More
From 1944 to 1986, nearly 30 million tons of uranium ore were extracted from Navajo lands under leases with the Navajo Nation. Today the mines are closed, but a legacy of uranium contamination remains, including over 500 abandoned uranium mines (AUMs) as well as homes and drinking water sources with elevated levels of radiation. Potential health effects include lung cancer from inhalation of radioactive particles, as well as bone cancer and impaired kidney function from exposure to radionuclides in drinking water.
Phase 2 Trust is part of the effort to redeem the land to investigate AUMs, communicate with the community and collaborate with agencies.
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