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Planned uranium mill near Naturita gets local OK

October 27, 2009 By The Associated Press  

NUCLA, Colo. (AP) — A company that wants to build one of the first new U.S. uranium mills since the Cold War has won local approval and now needs state approval.

The Montrose County commissioners last month issued a permit to Toronto-based Energy Fuels Inc. for its proposed Pinon Ridge mill 12 miles west of Naturita (nat-yur'-EE'-tah) and about 340 miles southwest of Denver.

The company...

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