UNITED STATES Trump Administration Builds Case for Mining on Federal Lands

摘要

Hidden in plain sight, Trump administration plans to expand the domestic uranium mining industry’s access to federal lands near the Grand Canyon - on “national security” grounds - may be imminent, following recommendations delivered this week by a group of high-level administration officials. Their move coincided with a publicly released letter by former high-level government officials and nuclear industry experts arguing that the national security rationale for such a move is spurious at best, and at worst undercuts US nuclear nonproliferation policy (NIW Oct.4’19).