The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently found that Ur Energy's Lost Creek uranium recovery project will have no environmental impacts that preclude its licensing.
A final supplemental environmental impact statement indicated the plans would have only small or moderate environmental impacts. The finding paves the way for regulatory approval of uranium recovery and in-situ leach milling at the site in the Great Basin between I-90 and the Granite Mountains in Sweetwater County.
Ur Energy acquired the site in 2005 with its purchase of NFU Wyoming, according to the company's website. Much of the fabrication of plant equipment has been completed, and the company announced in March a 3-year uranium sales contract with a U.S. utility.