Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026

Posted: 13th January 2026

A new proposal presented as a remediation plan for abandoned uranium mines on Navajo land is a false front for more extraction, says a community-based group fighting the scheme.

Cleanup corruption?

The Navajo Nation EPA has accepted a proposal that purports to clean up abandoned uranium mines. In reality, says the community-based group Dooda Disa, it extracts uranium for commercial sale while leaving yet more radioactive waste behind. Worse, the project approval was fast-tracked under the Trump regime, which has drastically weakened requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act. The outcome is that the Navajo Nation takes all the risk while giving up control over its own lands. MORE

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