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Klee Benally of the Navajo Nation, at a February protest outside the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. There are an estimated 500 sites on the Navajo Nation contaminated with uranium, some of the thousands in the West. (Photo by Danika Worthington/Cronkite News).

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WASHINGTON —Federal officials took the first step Sept. 2 toward a planned $1 billion cleanup of abandoned uranium mines in and around the Navajo Nation, seeking bids to assess the problem and begin planning the project.

By Adam DeRose, Cronkite News September 13, 2016