NRC judge sides with mining company

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SANTA FE, N.M. A Nuclear Regulatory Commission judge has endorsed a mining company's plan to extract uranium near two Navajo Nation communities in northwestern New Mexico.

Eastern Navajo Dine (DIH'-neh) Against Uranium Mining has raised concerns about possible groundwater pollution at four proposed mining sites near Church Rock and Crownpoint.

New Mexico-based Hydro Resources Incorporated has asked the N-R-C for permits to inject chemicals into the ground to release uranium and pump the solution to the surface.

The anti-mining group is concerned about how the mining would affect an aquifer that supplies drinking water to surrounding communities. <snip>

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