New Mexico's Environment Department plans to finish cleaning up at least one abandoned uranium mine by next summer, and has begun site evaluations at 15 uranium mine and mill sites in the northwest corner of the state.

"This initiative is about taking concrete steps to finally address the unfinished business of abandoned uranium mine cleanup," Environment Secretary James Kenney said in a statement.

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