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  2. Moab uranium mill tailings pile - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the Atlas Mill Site near Moab, Utah, prior to the removal of the tailings pile. The Moab uranium mill tailings pile is a uranium mill waste pond situated alongside the Colorado River, currently under the control of the U.S. Department of Energy. Locals refer to it as the Moab Tailings Pile.

  3. GBU-43/B MOAB - Wikipedia

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    MOAB was a "crash project" developed for use against an adversary with uncertain tactics on unfamiliar terrain, and so was an effort to meet an urgent need rather than a formal program. Should more bombs be ordered to be built, manufacturing would likely be started over with higher costs due to a lack of old parts, price inflation, and new ...

  4. Uranium mining in Utah - Wikipedia

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    Mi Vida uranium mine near Moab. Uranium mining in Utah, a state of the United States, has a history going back more than 100 years. Uranium mining started as a byproduct of vanadium mining about 1900, became a byproduct of radium mining about 1910, then back to a byproduct of vanadium when the radium price fell in the 1920s. Utah saw a uranium ...

  5. Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action - Wikipedia

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    The Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project was created by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to monitor the cleanup of uranium mill tailings, a by-product of the uranium concentration process that poses risks to the public health and environment. The Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act passed by Congress in 1978 ...

  6. Charles Steen - Wikipedia

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    The Moab Story: From Cowpokes to Bike Spokes. Johnson Books Boulder. ISBN 978-1-55566-396-4. Zoellner, Tom (2009). Uranium: War, Energy, And The Rock That Shaped The World. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02064-5. Steen, Charles A. (1952). Uranium Mining Operations of the Utex Exploration Co. in the Big Indian District. San Juan County, Utah ...

  7. Yellowcake boomtown - Wikipedia

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    Abandoned housing in Jeffrey City, Wyoming in 2011 Moab uranium mill tailings pile in 2010 Partially refined Yellowcake uranium oxide. A yellowcake boomtown also known as a uranium 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.

  8. Thompson Springs, Utah - Wikipedia

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    The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project is a uranium tailings removal and relocation project that promises to bring jobs to the area as tailings from the Atlas Mineral Company's tailings ponds outside of Moab will be moved to Crescent Junction, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Thompson Springs. [12]

  9. Moab Khotsong mine - Wikipedia

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    The Moab Khotsong mine is a large mine located in the northern part of South Africa in North West some 180 kilometers (110 mi) southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. Moab Khotsong represents one of the largest uranium reserves in South Africa having estimated reserves of 57.2 million tonnes (63.1 × 10 ^ 6 short tons) of ore grading 0.058% uranium.