A uranium mining company is asking the state’s top environmental regulator to approve expanded operations in the Powder River Basin.
Uranium Energy Corp restarted the Christensen Ranch in-situ uranium wellfield mine in 2024 and plans to ramp up production of U3O4, or “yellowcake.” Although yellowcake is radioactive, it undergoes two separate enrichment processes — both outside Wyoming — before it becomes fuel for nuclear power plants. Read More. ~Source Oil City News
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