Moab Uranium Tailings
USA /
Utah /
Moab /
World
/ USA
/ Utah
/ Moab
World / United States / Utah
tailings, nuclear waste storage
The Department of Energy's UMTRA project is moving these uranium tailings to a permanent disposal site at Crescent Junction. Rail shipments of tailings began in April 2009.
More info here: gj.em.doe.gov/moab/ .
Photo taken from Highway 279, looking east: www.pbase.com/listorama/image/59893774/large .
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More info here: gj.em.doe.gov/moab/ .
Photo taken from Highway 279, looking east: www.pbase.com/listorama/image/59893774/large .
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°35'59"N 109°35'41"W
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- Behind the Rocks Wilderness 13 km
- Arches National Park 14 km
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- Richardson amphitheater 25 km
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