NRC’s review of the uranium recovery license application depends on a thorough characterization of baseline hydrologic conditions at the Project site, which includes groundwater testing. NMED requires the Project Sponsor to hold a discharge permit to conduct that testing which is necessary to collect the data needed to submit a complete NRC uranium recovery license application. The Project Sponsor’s initial schedule to prepare its NRC application accounted for the time needed to collect hydrologic data but not for the foregoing state permitting process.
New Mexico
Milestones:
PROJECT WEBSITE: Grants Precision ISR
All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
02/27/2029
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED
SECTOR
Mining
CATEGORY
Project Category
FAST-41 Covered Projects
LEAD AGENCY
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Description:
The Grants Precision In-Situ Recovery (Grants ISR) Project proposes to build and operate a uranium extraction and processing facility. This facility will create a new uranium supply from the largest contiguous uranium resource in the United States. The project is entirely on private land in northwestern New Mexico, on approximately 6 square miles of land along the border of Cibola and McKinley counties, approximately 20 miles northeast of Grants New Mexico, near the town of San Mateo.
This project combines In-Situ Recovery (ISR), a widely used method of uranium extraction, with horizontal wells, a method used in oil and gas extraction. ISR uses wellfields to extract uranium from underground ore deposits without the need for open pits or underground mines. The Grants ISR Project would provide over 30 years of uranium supply.
Original Target Date: 04/19/2028
Milestone: Section 106 consultation concluded (Agency Action)
Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:
Section 106 consultation concluded (Agency Action) extended by 282
From: 04/19/2028
To: 01/26/2029