An NRC spokesman says Powertech Uranium Corp. will indicate within a week if it plans to withdraw the application, fix the deficiencies and resubmit it, or wait for the NRC to reject its current request.
The spokesman says it's not a fatal blow, but does delay the project that's seeking to take advantage of higher uranium prices.
Powertech has a corporate office in Vancouver, British Columbia, and operations Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, as well as the Dewey Burdock project in South Dakota.
Environmentalists and American Indian groups oppose the Edgemont mine.
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