Empower a Cleaner Future
Respect, the People, Water, Air, and Land
Clean water, air, and land are critically important to our local tribal communities, as well as families in our neighboring areas. Grants Energy is committed to using the most environmentally friendly ISR processes possible.
Respecting the People
Grants Energy gratefully acknowledges the Native Peoples on whose ancestral homelands we gather and work, as well as the diverse and vibrant native communities who make their home in McKinley and Cibola counties.
We are committed to learning from the past and ensuring that our communities are not exposed to conventional mining hazards.
Respecting the Water
In 2009, the U.S. the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provided an assessment of domestic ISR operations. The NRC did not find any indications that ISR degraded or impacted nearby drinking water sources.
The uranium ore is found 3,500 feet below the surface, beneath layers of shale and sandstone. This depth and natural geologic boundaries protect the shallower municipal water sources from potential contamination.
Respecting the Air
ISR facilities do not produce large volumes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Radiation hazards are low at ISR facilities and Grants Energy follows stringent federal safety standards to protect workers and to ensure that exposure remains within occupational limits.
Respecting the Land
With ISR, there are no tailings, no blasting, no tunneling, and no open pits.
Once production of an area is completed, reclamation commences. Reclamation typically includes recontouring and re-seeding the area with native vegetation to support grazing and/ or wildlife, returning the land to its original use.
