A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control. Banned at Soviet insistence, it impresses even today with its political complexity, variety of characters and realistic portrayal of daily work in a forbidden zone of the industrial landscape. Sun seekers was banned in 1958 at the urging of the USSR, in part because it is about Soviet-German relations and the mining of uranium to support...

This overview examines the relevant Colorado statutes and rules and set forth how DRMS and CDPHE coordinate the regulation of uranium mining in Colorado. Specifically, this paper examines the in-situ uranium mining project proposed by Powertech Uranium Corporation as well as future Colorado in-situ and conventional uranium operations, Notice of Intents to Prospect (NOI's and uranium milling operations.

This Decision Analysis and Environmental Impact Analysis report documents the department's evaluation of an application submitted by Energy Fuels Resources Corporation (EFR) for the proposed Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill in Montrose County, Colo. This Decision Analysis provides the basis for decisions made by the department in approving the license application. It describes the application, regulatory requirements, environmental and social impacts, the...

From the 1930s to the 1960s, the United States knowingly used and discarded an entire tribe of people. The Navajo worked unprotected in the uranium mines that fueled the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. Long after these mines were abandoned, Navajos in all four corners of the Reservation (which borders Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona) continued grazing their animals on sagebrush flats riddled with uranium that had been blasted from the ground. They...