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Uranium trucking to Utah across the Navajo Nation halts under deal brokered by Arizona governor

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said her office has been working with uranium company Energy Fuels Inc. since Tuesday night, after the Navajo Nation attempted to stop the first truckloads.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) White Mesa Mill just south of Blanding on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. A truck crossing the Navajo Nation Tuesday was carrying uranium ore mined in Arizona, at the Pinyon Plain Mine, to the White Mesa Mill, the last conventional uranium mill in the country. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said shipments will stop.