The Department of Justice came to terms with two energy companies to remove uranium mine waste from Navajo Nation land located in New Mexico .

“The United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric Company have agreed to a consent decree with the United States, Navajo Nation, and the State of New Mexico under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the Superfund law,” read a release from the Department of Justice.

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The deal calls for both companies to “excavate and remove approximately one million cubic yards of uranium mine

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