Thelma Whiskers of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe speaks in opposition of the White Mesa Uranium Mill during a protest outside the Utah Capitol Building in Salt Lake City on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (Kyle Dunphey/Utah News Dispatch)
With domestic uranium production making a comeback, so are calls to shut down the country’s only operating uranium mill, located in White Mesa, a small tribal community along the southern Utah-Colorado border.
On Friday, those calls rang loud from Salt Lake City as members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe gathered in protest on the steps of the Utah Capitol. …