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Moab UMTRA project nears 16 million tons shipped; steering committee approves annual compliance statement for county review
Summary
Steering committee heard updates showing the Moab uranium‑mill cleanup has moved roughly 15.7–15.8 million tons toward Crescent Junction disposal, reported groundwater removals, and voted to send the annual statement of continuing compliance to the Grand County Commission for final approval.
Moab — Project staff told the Grand County Moab Tailings Project Steering Committee on July 22 that cleanup operations are nearing the long‑stated 16,000,000‑ton removal goal and that the committee approved sending the annual statement of continuing compliance (ASCC) to the Grand County Commission for final action.
The Department of Energy’s deputy project engineer, Chris Polskamp, said the Crescent Junction disposal cell is receiving tailings on a daily basis and that the project recently secured Nuclear Regulatory Commission variances permitting burial of end‑of‑life shipping containers and certain rail materials from other DOE sites. “We continue to move tailings and place tailings in the cell on a daily basis,” Polskamp said, and added that the ET (evapotranspiration) cover design review is “very close” but awaiting a NEPA…
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