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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.
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.
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 ...
Showers and thunderstorms swept parts of eastern Utah and brought flooding to Moab on Saturday, August 20.Video filmed by ERA Cruisers shows floodwater in Moab.The National Weather Service said ...
Time and again, a mining company promised to clean up uranium waste in New Mexico. Now it wants to buy out residents and avoid full cleanup. Their town was polluted with radioactive waste.
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 ...
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]
Uranium prices shot up to 2007 levels this month, sitting above $106 per pound. Uranium-related stocks have also been on fire. Shares of Canadian giant Cameco have gained 83% over the past year ...