..of water that are used every year to rinse uranium ore during the mining process - the water is then generally pumped down to mix with the groundwater deep below,

But don't worry or be angry about this folks - selectively weep for and focus instead on those poor Congo kids who're forced(eg. by their parents) to mine cobalt for those EVIL EV's that still use li-ion not LFP or sodium ion batteries.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/17/nuclear-plant-xcel-energy-minneapolis-radioactive-water-leak/