Navajo Nation: Cleaning Up Abandoned Uranium Mines

Eastern Region Photo Gallery

Photo gallery of the Eastern Region abandoned uranium mines cleanup work.

Four people holding banner: Uranium Legacy Remembrance and Action DayUranium Remembrance Day for the Spill at the UNC Mill
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Steam roller and loader working in area of bare dirt, sloped hillside, with berms encirclingGrading and Covering the Mine Waste Pile at NECR in 2009
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Workers standing in front of a  completed home.New House Built to Replace Contaminated Structure in Haystack
Earth mover working on a hillsideGrading and Covering the Mine Waste Pile at NECR in 2009
Crew with a mobile drill working in the middle of an open fieldSampling Soils Below the Ground at Ruby #3 Mine
Workers carrying packs, gps locators, heavy safety gear walking over boulders.Scanning for Radiation at the Old Gulf Mine
Earth movers and water truck wetting road surfaceExcavating Contaminated Soils at the NECR Mine