Can the White Mesa uranium mill shake southern Utah’s radioactive past?

San Juan County • When Mark Chalmers began working in the uranium industry in the 1970s, robust regulations on radioactive material were just starting to emerge in the United States.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established in 1975 after its predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, failed to protect workers and the environment from harmful radiation.“Nobody cared back then,” Chalmers said of the lack of regulations in the mid-20th century. “It just didn’t m