The White Mesa uranium mill , located just a mile from
Bears Ears National Monument , now houses more than 700 million pounds of toxic waste — making the Utah desert site “ America ’ s cheapest radioactive waste dump ,” a new report has found .
Among the contents of the dump are remnants of the World War II-era
Uranium milll adjacent to Bears Ears has become a ‘ radioactive waste dump ’: report
BY SHARON UDASIN - 03 / 16 / 22 2:53 PM ET
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Manhattan Project , as well as radioactive waste from around the country , according to the report , which was published on Monday by the Grand Canyon Trust . While the White Mesa Mill was built to process uranium ore
, the site eventually became home to a waste-disposal servicee , despite its proximity to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe ’ s
White Mesa Community .