Show A EC PUSHES URANIUM M PRODUCTION ON I COLORADO PLATEAU A AND ND OTHER AREAS Washington D. D C c. July uly 31 Americas America's home grounds uranium Ura Uranium urai production and eX exploration loral tion program Is being pushed harder than ever despite assurance as of new aid from foreign sources a report of the Atomic Energy Commission Indicated today Domestic production Is Increasing In creasing and new mew sources are nearly ready for Initial production pro roe the A declared declared In 1 Its report to congress Domestic ore processing ca was Increased and additional ad production areas are being Investigated Research and development activities In all phases of the exploration for forand forand forand and processing of raw materials were accelerated and expand ed The commission reported that several of the existing processing sing plants on ithe Colorado Plateau Plateau heart heart of the domestic domes domestic tic production and exploration program program had had enlarged their facilities during the past half year and further expansion is planned The Colorado Plateau is a ag g great rea t ham shaped ham shaped square mile area roughly covering cov coy ering western Colorado eastern Utah the northwest corner of New Mexico and the northeast corner of Arizona Aside from Its proven ore production powers the rates the tho area as continuing to be the most favorable geologically geologically ge ge- for the occurrence of uranium In the United States The producing areas of the plateau recently have been extended ex tended the commission said into surrounding previously unproductive primarily areas areas primarily the Navajo Indian reservation of Arizona and the Grants New Mexico area Ore Station at Green River RiverA A site for an ore ore buying buying sta eta station tion has been selected at Green River Utah with construction scheduled to begin this year and still another ore ore buying buying station Is planned for South Dakotas Dakotas Dakotas Dakota's Da kotas kota's Black Hills region region pro probably pro pro- bably near The reported that aid had been given uranium ore producers pro producers of the Colorado Plateau lateau in opening up new uranium producing districts Construction of miles of access roads costing nearly 4 4 I has been started and additional projects are planned More than has been paid out in bonuses for initial production in new areas since the bonus incentive program pro program gram was launched early In 1951 More than uranium mining properties have been certified for these payments I |