Mill tailings are a sand-like material that remain from processing uranium ore. These tailings, the last largest pile of radioactive tailings to be removed in the country, are left over from Moab's heyday as processing center …

There are opponents to the GJDS, as well — such as Grand Junction resident Janet Johnson, who would rather see the radioactive waste trucked to Crescent Junction, Utah, where the DOE built a disposal cell to accept tailings from Moab's former Atlas uranium mill site. A huge tailings pile lies next to the Colorado River in Moab.

The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action site – better known to locals simply as the Moab Pile – is a leftover from the town's Cold War uranium days, when the Moab was dubbed the 'uranium capital of the world.'

Remediating the Atlas property— an endeavor called the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project—is the job of a second Russell, Russell McCallister, the DOE's cleanup director.

Need: Concerned citizens of Moab and Grand County understood the uranium tailings pile (12 million tons) adjacent to the Colorado River posed a serious health hazard for residents, visitors, downstream water consumers, and endangered species.

In a park, nestled in a red rock canyon outside Moab, Utah — a short drive from a giant pile of uranium tailings — a crowd gathered for a celebration. Elected officials and community members ...

Moab's toxic uranium legacy is slowly – and carefully - being shipped awayfrom the banks of the Colorado River. KZMU's Molly Marcello has more.There's a… KZMU: Moab Celebrates Removal of 10 Million Tons of Toxic Uranium Tailings

The site is irregularly shaped and encompasses approximately 400 acres. A 130-acre uranium mill tailings pile, about 0.5 mile in diameter and averaging about 94 feet (ft) in height above the surface of the Colorado River terrace, is located on the site about 750 ft …

the disposal cell, to accept the mill tailings. 1.3 Purpose of and Need for SA Since the publication of the ROD for the Project, several NEPA reviews have been performed. The Amended Record of Decision for the Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, was published in the Federal Register in February 2008.

It's called the Moab UMTRA (Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action) Project. The project site — 3 mi. northwest of downtown Moab within Grand County — …

Mill tailings are a sand-like material that remain from processing uranium ore. These tailings, the last largest pile of radioactive tailings to be removed in the …

A decade of waste shipments reduces the tailings pile The scope of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project includes relocating mill tailings and other contaminated materials from a former uranium-ore processing facility in Moab, Utah, to an engineered disposal cell constructed near Crescent Junction, Utah.

responsibility for uranium mills from the AEC. The mill later became a Title II site under the Uranium Mill Tailings Act of 1978 (UMTRCA), an amendment to the AEA. In 1998 Atlas Corporation filed for bankruptcy. The NRC chose PricewaterhouseCoopers to take over the site as the trustee of the Moab Mill Reclamation Trust and the NRC licensee.

Moab is a town where opposites meet—clean soil meets radioactive dust. The air, while fresh, could be dangerous to visitors who camp or kayak downwind from …

In a 7-2 vote passed on April 3, 1998, the Utah Radiation Control Board disagreed with the NRC approval of the apron design proposed by Atlas Corp. for its Moab uranium mill tailings pile. The apron is meant to protect the tailings pile from …

An invasive weed called kochia could be introduced to the site of the former uranium ore processing facility three miles northwest of Moab as a long-term remediation plan to extract contaminants from the soil and prevent hazardous dust from blowing into town, said Russell McCallister during the Moab Tailings Steering Committee's quarterly meeting on …

Hollenhorst, John. Steen's spending habits became extremely lavish. Uranium was extracted from near Moab as early as the first decade of the twentieth century, and in 1911 the first attempt to drill a commercial oil well between Thompson and Moab was undertaken. Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings, Grand and San ...

Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project, located in Moab, Utah. The Moab UMTRA site encompasses 435 acres, of which approximately 130 acres was covered by 16 million-tons of uranium mill tailings and associated mill demolition debris buried in the pile. Remediation activities and development of the infrastructure began in 2008.

The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action site – better known to locals as the Moab Pile – is a leftover from the town's Cold War uranium days. When the town's uranium boom went bust in the early 1980s, a 16-million-ton scar of toxic tailings was left sitting next to the river, just downstream from Arches National Park.

The U.S. Department of Energy has completed about one-third of a project to move 16 million tons of uranium tailings from the banks of the Colorado River, near Moab, to Uranium mill tailings project about 1/3 done | News | moabsunnews

By Emily Arntsen. Almost a million pounds of ammonia have been removed from groundwater extraction wells at the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action site in Moab since the project began in 2009, said Russell von Koch, the UMTRA project liaison, during a Grand County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

The Department of Energy (DOE) Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project is located approximately 3miles northwest of the City of Moab, in Grand County, Utah,- and includes the former Atlas Minerals Corporation uranium-ore processing facility.

uranium mill tailings pile, in addition to historic river channel migration in the vicinity of the pile. Need: Concerned citizens of Moab and Grand County understood the uranium tailings pile (12 million tons) adjacent to the Colorado River posed a serious health hazard for residents, visitors, downstream water consumers, and endangered species.

What is that huge pile of dirt northwest of Moab? That "pile" consists of the mill tailings and tailings-contaminated materials left over from the uranium-ore processing operations that were conducted by Uranium Reduction Company and later …

28 contaminated material at the Moab, Utah uranium ore processing site and associated properties 29 in the vicinity; 30 WHEREAS, the remedial action project involved the excavation of an estimated 16 31 million ton pile of uranium mill …

View the current Moab task orders posted to the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) webpage (under the "About EMCBC" dropdown, hover over "Business Opportunities" > click " Prime Contracts ", and scroll down to "Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project") Search the official DOE website for DOE Orders.

A view of the Moab uranium mill tailings pile. Uranium ore was mined in significant quantities in the U.S. for more than 40 years. Mill tailings …

Moab uranium mill tailings pile in 2010 Partially refined Yellowcake uranium oxide A Yellowcake boomtown is a town or community that rapidly increases in population and economics due to the discovery of uranium ore-bearing minerals, and the development of uranium mining, milling or enrichment activities.

The Moab, Utah site in 2001 when DOE assumed ownership of a former uranium mill site. The Moab, Utah site in 2018, showing a dramatic reduction in the tailings pile. EM is also focused on its Crescent Junction Site. Project leaders are reevaluating the disposal cell cover's design to increase its long-term performance and reduce cost.

During its years of operation, the facility accumulated uranium mill tailings, which are naturally radioactive residue from the processing of uranium ore. The uranium mill tailings are located in a 130-acre unlined pile that occupies much of the western portion of the milling site. The top of the tailings pile averages 94 feet above the ...