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Alan Lowenthal: “Even if we agreed with this premise that uranium mining was a national security issue--and I do not agree with that…”

On the recordJune 4, 2019
Even if we agreed with this premise that uranium mining was a national security issue--and I do not agree with that premise--it is important to note that the Grand Canyon region only holds 0.29 percent of known U.S. uranium reserves.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal argues against the notion that uranium mining is a national security concern.

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