Environmental, Indigenous groups join in calls against Blanding uranium mill

SALT LAKE CITY — Standing Ute Mountain Ute Tribe calls for closure of the Energy Fuels uranium mill adjacent to tribal land south of Blanding are getting support from a coalition of environmental and Indigenous groups.

More than 20 organizations signed on to a letter sent Tuesday to Gov. Spencer Cox and members of the Utah Legislature in opposition to the White Mesa Mill, which processes uranium ore hauled in from other locations. The facility sits adjacent to the White Mesa Ute community in San Juan County.

“This practice perpetuates environmental harm and systemic injustice against Indigenous peoples who have long borne the disproportionate impacts of the nuclear industry. White Mesa must not continue to be treated as a sacrifice zone for international radioactive waste dumping by the