Navajo Nation could get billions in uranium mines damages

On Dec. 12, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly listened to a report from Stephen Etsitty on uranium cleanup efforts on the Navajo Nation. Etsitty is the executive director of Navajo Environmental Protection Agency. / Photo by Rick Abasta
On Dec. 12, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly listened to a report from Stephen Etsitty on uranium cleanup efforts on the Navajo Nation. Etsitty is the executive director of Navajo Environmental Protection Agency. / Photo by Rick Abasta

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Navajo Nation Attorney General Harrison Tsosie announced on December 13, 2013 that the Navajo Nation has prevailed in its claims against Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Kerr-McGee Corporation involving a number of former uranium mines and one former Kerr-McGee uranium processing site.

These sites were located in Cove, Arizona and Shiprock, New Mexico.

The decision was handled down on Thursday, December 12, 2012 by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan L. Gropper. His decision finds that Anadarko and Kerr-McGee are liable to the plaintiffs for damages, setting a range for such damages between $5.1 and $14.1 billion. The exact amount of damages will be determined after briefing by the parties. Tsosie stated,

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