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Navajo Nation: Cleaning Up Abandoned Uranium Mines
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Cyprus Amax and Western Nuclear Mines: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet contains information and updates concerning Cyprus Amax Minerals Company (Cyprus) and Western Nuclear Inc. (WNI), two companies owned by Freeport-McMoRan Inc., and the agreement to assess and clean up 94 abandoned uranium mines in 10 chapters. The 94 mines include: 77 former Cyprus and WNI mines, including 10 priority mines, and 17 mines that are near Cyprus mines.

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  • EPA Fact Sheet: Cyprus Amax and Western Nuclear Mines (pdf) (2.78 MB, November 2020)
    This fact sheet contains information and updates concerning Cyprus Amax Minerals Company (Cyprus) and Western Nuclear Inc. (WNI), two companies owned by Freeport-McMoRan Inc., and the agreement to assess and clean up 94 abandoned uranium mines in 10 chapters. The 94 mines include: 77 former Cyprus and WNI mines, including 10 priority mines, and 17 mines that are near Cyprus mines.

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