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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.
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 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 ...
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.
The burn scar area from a wildfire last summer near Moab experienced flash flooding Saturday afternoon, with floodwaters flowing through dry creek beds and crossing at least one road.
Steen's $11 million Uranium Reduction Co. , Moab, Utah In Moab, Steen built a $250,000 hilltop mansion to replace his tarpaper shack, with a swimming pool, greenhouse, and servants' quarters. As of 2022 [update] the home he built still stands and has been transformed into a restaurant called The Sunset Grill, named because the structure looks ...
U.S. House lawmakers passed the ban on Russian enriched uranium in December 2023 as part of a U.S. effort to disrupt President Vladimir Putin's ability to fund Russia's war on Ukraine.
Production of uranium concentrate in the United States, 1949–2017 Uranium imported into the United States, 1949–2011 Price of uranium concentrate, 1981–2011 Uranium mining in the United States produced 224,331 pounds (101.8 tonnes) of U 3 O 8 in 2023, 15% of the 2018 production of 1,447,945 pounds (656.8 tonnes) of U 3 O 8 .