Energy Fuels Resources is seeking a permit to allow radioactive material from the Eastern European country of Estonia to be shipped to the White Mesa Uranium Mill south of Blanding, Utah.
In April, Energy Fuels submitted an application to the Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control to accept the material from NPM Silmet, a rare-earth production plant in Sillamae, Estonia.
The company processes rare-earth metals via an acid leach process for recovery of niobium and tantalum, which are used by the aviation, automobile and electronic industries.
They have run out of storage for the residual material, called tailings, which contain the uranium...