Once a bustling Soviet industrial hub producing uranium for atomic weapons, this community now sits atop one of Central ...

This site handled (or was contaminated by) uranium, according to government records. The Department of Energy initially considered cleaning up this site under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial ...

A total of 15 million tons of radioactive uranium tailings has been removed from the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action site. The U.S. Department of Energy, Moab leaders and community members ...

This site handled (or was contaminated by) uranium, according to government records. The Department of Energy initially considered cleaning up this site under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial ...

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Mining companies also left behind unreclaimed mines — including one on land that Spencer now owns — and a 4 million ton pile of radioactive waste that was later buried in a pit south of Edgemont. The ...

A high-priority $7.2 million Department of Energy project to address water accumulation that threatened the structural integrity of a uranium milling tailings disposal site north of Rifle has been ...

The lack of transparent monitoring data and public access to environmental information significantly increases risks for communities living near former uranium facilities.

Delegates and representatives from Central Asian countries have agreed to work together to solve problems relating to radioactive and toxic waste left over from historic uranium mining at a United ...

Radioactive sources are important in cancer treatment and gamma radiography devices in industry and keeping them safe and secure is essential — from manufacture to disposal. The IAEA’s Guidance on the ...