Group wants Homestake tailings pile removed to accelerate cleanup

By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

MILAN — Cleanup of contaminated groundwater from two tailings piles at Homestake Mining Co.’s uranium mill is taking too long to suit a local community group, which wants the large tailings pile removed and an enhanced reverse osmosis system implemented to speed the remediation process which has been ongoing since 1977.

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