Tailings
- Video
- 2012
- 12m
Outside the snowy town of Grants, New Mexico, is a 22 million ton pile of highly radioactive uranium byproduct, known as tailings. Grants used to be the uranium capital of the world, but tod... Read allOutside the snowy town of Grants, New Mexico, is a 22 million ton pile of highly radioactive uranium byproduct, known as tailings. Grants used to be the uranium capital of the world, but today, after 50 years of contamination, the waste has deeply contaminated the air and water o... Read allOutside the snowy town of Grants, New Mexico, is a 22 million ton pile of highly radioactive uranium byproduct, known as tailings. Grants used to be the uranium capital of the world, but today, after 50 years of contamination, the waste has deeply contaminated the air and water outside town. Now, new companies are trying to mine the rich uranium in the area, promising... Read all