US Fast-Tracking Uranium Mine Permit to Meet ‘Urgent Energy Demands’
The decision comes as America remains ‘dangerously reliant’ on imports to meet uranium demand. The Department of the Interior (DOI) is expediting environmental permitting review of the Velvet-Wood mine in Utah amid a national energy emergency, the agency said in a May 12 statement. “If approved, the Velvet-Wood mine project in San Juan County, Utah,