Moab News

The official Old Spanish Trail logo is stamped on “silhouettes” commemorating the historic trail.
History is all around us, and evidence of that was made plainly visible at the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project this summer when the project collaborated with a local nonprofit to commemorate the historic Old Spanish Trail.
Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project Federal Cleanup Director Russell McCallister, right, looks on as Moab Site Revegetation Manager Katrina Lund, an EM contractor.
Biologists from EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project and the local U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) office are collaborating on an experiment to revegetate a challenging area of the cleanup site.
US Department of Energy Seal Logo
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded North Wind Portage, Inc. (NWP), of Idaho Falls, Idaho, the Moab Remedial Action Contract (Moab RAC) for completion of EM’s environmental remediation in Moab, Utah.
EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project has acquired a 39th railcar for the project train at the Moab Site, pictured here on the right, enabling the shipment of more tailings each week to a disposal facility at Crescent Junction, Utah.
EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project surpassed its own record, once again, recently completing its largest weekly shipment to date by transporting 21,092 tons of uranium mill tailings to the Crescent Junction disposal cell.