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New study finds mild contamination outside controversial uranium mill

Deseret News

 BLANDING — A new government study has found radioactive contamination just off-site from a controversial uranium mill. But it may not be serious enough to bolster the arguments of the plant's critics.

Tailings spill shuts down EnergySolutions project until Tuesday

Deseret News

A truck carrying uranium mill tailings from a Moab cleanup project headed by EnergySolutions tipped over and spilled some of the radioactive dirt last Wednesday.

The multimillion-dollar cleanup project directed at properly disposing of the 16 million tons of uranium tailings was suspended until Tuesday for a safety evaluation, EnergySolutions spokesman Mark Walker said.

"Safety is always our first priority," Walker said. "It's a self-imposed shutdown."

Stimulus accelerates tailings removal

Deseret News

A new report by the Department of Energy on the Moab tailings project says an average of 12,000 tons of contaminated dirt are being shipped to a nearby disposal site each week and by late June, more than 100,000 tons have been removed.

Finally — radioactive waste leaving Moab

Deseret News

MOAB — Joette Langianese stood on a man-made hillside overlooking the expanse of the Colorado River, near a huge crane lifting a rail car and said the sight was so pleasing she nearly cried.

It was this equipment, these winding roads carved up the hillside and the trucks moving huge mounds of radioactive dirt that evoked such emotion.