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Saskatchewan taxpayers sinking millions into uranium mine cleanup
Saskatchewan taxpayers are looking at a massive bill as the provincial and federal governments battle it out over who is responsible for cleaning up an abandoned uranium mine.
The Gunnar mine and mill site operated from 1955 until it was abandoned in 1963. It shut down with little to no remediation and a huge mess was left behind.
That mess included roughly 4 million tones of tailings, some of which leaked into Lake Athabasca. Two acid pits and a large amount of asbestos were also left behind.