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Uranium resources of New Mexico. RECA does not cover health conditions resulting from uranium mining exposures after 1971, the date that ended the U.S. government’s role as sole purchaser of uranium ore. By Associated Press , Wire Service Content Nov. 10, 2019 Although worldwide other types of uranium deposits are higher in grade and larger in tonnage, the Grants uranium district has been a significant source of uranium and has the potential to become an important future source, as low-cost technologies, such as insitu leaching techniques improve, and as demand for uranium increases, increasing the price of uranium. The multi-year cleanup will be conducted in several phases. Limitations of our study include geographic coverage being limited to New Mexico, possible selection bias due to voluntary participation and potential for compensation benefit for RECA era miners, small numbers, and lack of objective exposure measurements. Current radon or radiation exposures of most people living in villages near the site that have undergone assessment and abatement activities are not expected to cause harmful effects. The margins of error for a prevalence estimate in the RECA era and post–RECA era groups were ±20% and ±13%, respectively (exact Clopper-Pearson 95% confidence interval [CI]). All other effect estimates were imprecise with CIs including the null value (Table 2). Closure plans, including reclamation, must be developed before mining or leaching begins. We also show that respiratory outcomes were similar between the RECA era and post–RECA era groups. 15-CV-411 KG/WPL, U.S. Forest Service announcement Nov. 23, 2009, Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA), Grants Mineral Belt legacy uranium mining and milling sites, Draft Grants Mining District, New Mexico, 2015 2020 Five-Year Plan to Assess and Address Health and Environmental Impacts Of Uranium Mining and Milling, Administrative Record for the Barbara J Mine Complex Removal Action, EPA Region 6 Superfund Program: Grants Mining District, New Mexico, Pending Mine Applications, Regular Existing: Mount Taylor Mine, Closure Plan Activities, Public Health Assessment for Jackpile-Paguate uranium mine, Laguna Pueblo, Laguna, Cibola County, New Mexico, Pending and Approved Mine Applications: Regular - Existing: JJ No. However, we will be closed Monday, September 21st for LED lighting rennovations. Three types of sandstone uranium deposits are recognized in the Grants district: tabular (primary, trend, blanket, black-band), roll-front (redistributed, post-fault, secondary), and fault-related (redistributed, stack, post-fault). 1; McLemore, 1983; McLemore and Chenoweth, 1989). We did not include this outcome in the adjusted model, owing to the small number of events in both groups. The Roca Honda assets are contiguous with Energy Fuels' 60%-owned Roca Honda project. In 1990, the U.S. Congress approved the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to provide screening, medical and compensation benefits to diseased former uranium workers exposed from January 1, 1942, through December 31, 1971 (2). How Are People Exposed to Uranium? Draft Final Reclamation Plan, Section 12 Mine, Southwest Resources Inc. Director's Order of Abatement on Consent with Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in the Matter of Southwest Resources Inc.'s Section 12 Mine, Joint Guidance for the Cleanup and Reclamation of Existing Uranium Mining Operations in New Mexico, Draft Conceptual Reclamation Plan, Section 12 Mine, McKinley County, New Mexico, Rio Algom Ambrosia Lake Old Stope Leaching, McKinley County, New Mexico, Pending and Approved Mine Applications: Regular - Existing, Rio Algom Old Stope Leach Permit, Quivira Mining Ambrosia Lake uranium mill site, McKinley County, New Mexico, United Nuclear North East Church Rock and Section 27 uranium mines, McKinley County (New Mexico), Pending and Approved Mine Applications: Regular - Existing, Section 27 Mine Modification 11-1, Relocation of contaminated soil from Northeast Church Rock Mine to Church Rock tailings site, Disposal of contaminated soil from the North East Church Rock Mine site on top of the existing Church Rock uranium mill tailings disposal cell, Surface Soil Operable Unit Proposed Plan, United Nuclear Corporation Superfund Site, July 20, 2012, Church Rock uranium mill tailings disposal cell, Addressing Uranium Contamination in the Navajo Nation: Northeast Church Rock Mine (NECR), Northeast Church Rock EECA - Emails and Attachments, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, United Nuclear Church Rock uranium mill and mill tailings, McKinley County (New Mexico).