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PHOTOS: Uranium transport through the Navajo Nation
The Pinyon Plain Mine shaft is roughly 1,470 feet deep and used to extract uranium ore from below the surface. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)

The Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon. (U.S. Forest Service)
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The development rock stockpile, consisting of waste rock materials, can be seen from outside the fence line of the Pinyon Plain Mine. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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HaulNo! monitoring volunteer Xipe Rivera outside the Pinyon Plain Mine in May 2024. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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HaulNo! monitoring volunteer Xipe Rivera points at a pile of uranium ore exposed to the elements at Pinyon Plain Mine. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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More than a ton of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine sits on an ore pad, which is permitted to hold up to 13,000 pounds. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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HaulNo! monitoring volunteer Xipe Rivera snaps photos of Pinyon Plain Mine by flying a drone overhead in May 2024. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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Xipe Rivera of HaulNo! toggles the controls of a drone during a May 2024 monitoring visit at Pinyon Plain Mine. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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HaulNo! monitoring volunteer Xipe Rivera throws on a mask, gray jumpsuit and pair of boots as he prepares to monitor the Pinyon Plain Mine in May 2024. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)

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A drone shot of Pinyon Plain Mine captured by Xipe Rivera of HaulNo! during a monitoring trip on May 10, 2024. (Xipe Rivera/HaulNo!)
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More than a ton of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine sits on an ore pad, which is permitted to hold up to 13,000 pounds. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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Pinyon Plain's conventional mines safety superintendent Tyler Martin picks up a piece of uranium ore from the stockpile with his bare hand. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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This sign marks one of more than a hundred abandoned uranium mines in Cameron on the Navajo Nation. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)

White Mesa Mill in southern Utah. (Ron Dungan/KJZZ)
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Entrance to White Mesa Mill in southeastern Utah. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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The White Mesa Mill in San Juan County, Utah. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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The gray-painted area is where tanks of yellowcake are processed inside the White Mesa Mill. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe community of White Mesa is home to some 350 or so residents that live a few miles down the road from White Mesa Mill. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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A truck hauling radioactive material arrives at the White Mesa Mill near Blanding, Utah. (Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ)
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