Uranium Mine

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Things are looking better on the surface of the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action, or UMTRA, site just outside of Moab, Utah. Piles of waste from an old uranium mill are growing smaller. But under the surface there is still uranium-contaminated groundwater. Now there might be a solution for that, with technology proven successful in Colorado.

Moab’s toxic uranium legacy is slowly – and carefully - being shipped awayfrom the banks of the Colorado River. KZMU’s Molly Marcello has more.There’s a…