(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Energy Fuels, which operates the only conventional uranium mill in the United States near Blanding, Utah, has applied for a permit to reprocess 660 tons of radioactive powder stored at the Silmet rare metals plant in Estonia, more than 5,000 miles away, for its uranium content. It also plans to export rare earth material to the same plant.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.