12-08-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
General Electric and United Nuclear Agree to Consent Decree for Cleanup of Uranium Mine Waste
General Electric GE 0.07%increase; green up pointing triangle and United Nuclear have agreed to a U.S. consent decree requiring an estimated $63 million cleanup of uranium mine waste at sites in New Mexico and the Navajo Nation.
The Justice Department said Monday the agreement requires the two companies to excavate and remove approximately one million cubic yards of uranium mine waste from the Northeast Church Rock Mine Superfund Site, located on the Navajo Nation.