Colorado uranium-mill plan still a go despite Japan’s nuclear nightmare
Business Journal Tuesday 15th March, 2011
A plan to mine and mill uranium on Colorado's Western Slope, to fuel nuclear power plants both in the U.S. and internationally, will move ahead -- despite the battle in Japan to contain damage at nuclear power plants after Friday's earthquake, an executive with
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