It is interesting to note that Uranium One received the final...

It is interesting to note that Uranium One received the final thumbs up from the NRC for "Moore Ranch" in the powder River Basin. This is important for PEN as there is now a smoother route through the permitting maze using the GEIS which was developed to help fast-track the licensing process.



In May 2009, NRC issued NUREG1910, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ

Leach Uranium Milling Facilities (the GEIS). In the GEIS, NRC assessed the potential

environmental impacts from the construction, operation, aquifer restoration, and

decommissioning of an in-situ leach uranium recovery facility [also known as an in-situ recovery

(ISR) facility] located in four specified geographic regions of the western United States. As part

of that assessment, NRC determined which potential impacts would be essentially the same for

all ISR facilities and which would result in varying levels of impacts for different facilities, thus

requiring further site-specific information to determine potential impacts. The GEIS provides a

starting point for the NRC NEPA analyses for site-specific license applications for new ISR

facilities, as well as for applications to amend or renew existing ISR licenses.