Sentences with phrase «isl mining»

Even though Abitz had been invited by the Committee staff to give a «technical presentation» on groundwater impacts of ISL mining, Committee members treated him as something of a hostile witness.

«The NRC gives every indication it is tilted toward the uranium and nuclear industry,» Capitan said, handing Rep. Udall a picture from the NRC's website of agency officials smiling and shaking hands with a uranium company that is proposing a new ISL mine in Wyoming.

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From the historical perspective, the lingering impacts of underground uranium mining on the health and lands of the Navajo people are most often cited by community leaders as one of the principal reasons why so many Diné disfavor new uranium development by any method, including the in situ leach (ISL) technique.

Uranium mining remains prohibited at a proposed in situ leach (ISL) mine in the Navajo community of Church Rock, New Mexico, until «deficiencies» in a clean - up plan are fixed, a federal administrative law judge ruled in February in the ongoing adjudication of the Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI), Crownpoint Uranium Project.

Mitchell Capitan, founder of Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM), stated that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) «did not respect the right and sovereignty of the Navajo Nation to say «No» to new uranium mining» when it granted Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI), a license to mine uranium using the in situ leach (ISL) method in the Navajo communities of Churchrock and CrownMining (ENDAUM), stated that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) «did not respect the right and sovereignty of the Navajo Nation to say «No» to new uranium mining» when it granted Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI), a license to mine uranium using the in situ leach (ISL) method in the Navajo communities of Churchrock and Crownmining» when it granted Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI), a license to mine uranium using the in situ leach (ISL) method in the Navajo communities of Churchrock and Crownpoint.

In - situ leaching (ISL), also called in - situ recovery (ISR) or solution mining, is a process of recovering minerals such as copper and uranium through boreholes drilled into the deposit.