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The majority of US uranium mines and tailing piles are located in the

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The majority of uranium mines and tailing pies are found in 14 western states. The prime locations are Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.

Most of these sites are conventional underground and open pit mines, and are present on tribal and federal lands.
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