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Uranium

 

 

Moab was once the "Uranium Capital of the World." That distinction ended in the 1980's when demand for this rare metal dropped significantly. Currently, there are only two uranium mills in the United States near Blanding, Utah and Canon City, Colorado. Mitigating past uranium mills for safety and health laws in southeast Utah has occurred in Green River, Monticello, and Mexican Hat. The cleanup for the Moab Mill, the second largest tailings pile in the nation, began in 2009 and will take 10-years for an estimated cost of $1 billion dollars.

Home page of Uranium Watch

Home page of Sheep Mountain Alliance

NEW INFORMATION

La Sal Complex Plan (uranium mining expansion)

• 2010 (December) - La Sal Complex Plan Environmental Assessment by Bureau of Land Management
• Click here to visit dedicated BLM website
• Click here to download the complete EA
• La Sal Complex property map
• La Sal Complex development stages map
• La Sal Complex general location map

NEW INFORMATION

Pinon Ridge Uranium Mill by Energy Fuels. (Proposed at Paradox Valley, CO)

• Website of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
• Map: Location of Pinon Ridge proposed mill
• Review by the CDPHE

Energy Fuels Application

• Volume One complete
• Volume Two complete
• Volume Three complete
• Volume Four
• Volume Five
• Volume Six
• Volume Seven
• Volume Eight
• Volume Nine
• Volume Ten
• Volume Eleven
• Volume Twelve
• Volume Thirteen
• Volume Fourteen
• Volume Fifteen

Mancos Resources

This proposed uranium milling operation in Green River, Utah was unable to secure a water right for their operation.

Click here to read the administrative record.

Sheep Mountain Alliance

• Sheep Mountain Alliance Letter
• Environmental Comments
• Geological Comments
• SocioEconomic Comments
• Wildlife Comments

NEW INFORMATION

Northern Arizona Proposed Withdrawal Draft EIS (Grand Canyon Watershed)

Comments due April 4, 2011

• BLM web page
• Draft EIS
• Appendices
• Reports
• Maps
• USGS analysis
• USGS Map

Nuclear Power Plants

2012 - Dangers of living near nuclear facilities. NAS.

UTAH GOVERNMENT

Home page

Public records: Utah Oil, Gas & Mining. (Username and password is ogmguest)

FTP Site. Utah Oil Gas & Mining

 

URANIUM MINING AND MILLING
2004 - White Mesa Archeology. Glen Canyon Group, Sierra Club
2005 - A Technical Report Toward Reclaiming Uranium Mill Tailings. Dohrenwend and Greenbaum.
2008 - Uranium Mining. Southwest Hydrology.

 

WEB PAGES
Uranium Watch home page
Wise Uranium (Moab Mill Reclamation)
Moab City/Grand County UMTRA Project Information
Department of Energy: Moab UMTRA Project