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Yesterday, the Department of Energy (DOE) reaffirmed its prior decision to relocate the uranium mill tailings predominantly by rail from Moab, Utah. The tailings will be trained from the banks of the Colorado River 30 miles north to Crescent Junction, Utah. DOE may still consider using truck transport under certain circumstances, but it won't be the primary mode of transportation for the contaminated pile.
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About 16 million tons of mill tailings abutting the Colorado River near Moab will be moved by rail to a permanent disposal site, the Department of Energy said Tuesday, reaffirming a decision not to ship the contaminated uranium mill tailings by truck along rural roads. "After evaluating the alternatives for safely transporting the mill tailings from Moab and considering input received from citizens in the Moab community and surrounding areas, [the Department of Energy] has decided to ship the tailings using the existing Union Pacific Railroad track," Assistant Energy Secretary for Environmental Management James A. Rispoli said in a news release. "We believe our decision will be most protective of the community over the long term."
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The cost of hauling away the Moab tailings by 2019 could exceed $1 billion, according to the latest estimate by the U.S. Energy Department, the agency managing the cleanup.
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WASHINGTON — The Energy Department estimates it could cost up to $1 billion to clean up the uranium mill tailings in Moab by 2019, based on an anticipated report issued to Congress late Tuesday. The 2019 deadline gets the project done faster than the 2028 deadline the department submitted to Congress last year but is still way beyond the 2012 deadline initially proposed when the department took over the project.
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MOAB - A show of hands at the community center here confirmed Bette Stanton's view: The best way to haul the massive Atlas Corp. uranium tailings pile out of town is not by truck but by rail. "There's something about contaminated trucks on the highway that scares people," said Stanton, who has spent about 30 years in the redrock tourist town, which was a hot spot for a uranium boom about 50 years ago.
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Posted: 8:24 AM- MOAB - The U.S. Department of Energy wants to hear public opinion about the best way to move 16 million tons of uranium tailings. The agency is deciding whether the tailings should be taken by truck or by train 30 miles from a pile outside Moab to a more permanent repository at Crescent Junction.
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Officials of the U.S. Energy Department toured the Atlas tailings cleanup site near Moab last week as deliberations continued on whether trucks or trains should be used to haul away the massive uranium waste pile. “Their number one priority is the safety of our community, which we support, of course” said Joette Langianese, a Grand County Council member who met with Energy Department officials.
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