Spanish Regulator Blocks Planned Uranium Mine

Raquel Romo, 44, a member of the "Stop Uranium" group, poses near a sign that reads "Stop Uranium. No to the mine, yes to life" outside her parent's house near the site of a planned open-cast uranium mine by Australian mining company Berkeley Energia in the village of Retortillo, near Salamanca, Spain, on Oct. 17, 2018. Susana Vera/Reuters

MADRID—Spain’s nuclear regulator on Monday blocked Berkeley Energia’s planned uranium mine in the west of the country on safety concerns, in a move that was welcomed by environmental campaigners and sent the company’s stock plunging.

The CSN regulator said it took the decision due to a lack of reliability and a high level of uncertainty over how radioactive waste would be stored at the facility.