Uranium mining and the Navajo people

The Kakadu National Park uranium mining area.

To make and maintain America’s nukes, some communities pay the price

Conflict

From Nevada to the Navajo Nation and on to the islands of the Pacific, certain communities have been asked to shoulder a disproportionate share of the cost to build and maintain nuclear weapons.

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