The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project is located in southeastern Utah. This 480-acre site includes a former uranium-ore processing facility that operated under private ownership from 1956 to 1984. The project includes relocation of the estimated 16-million-ton pile of uranium mill tailings and other contaminated material near the Colorado River to an engineered disposal cell constructed 30 miles north near Crescent Junction, Utah. Watch the video below to learn more about the Moab Project.
Moab News
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A local museum recently opened an exhibition on the community’s Cold War-era uranium boom, and the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project took part.March 4, 2025
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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management successfully completed the majority of its 2024 priorities, advancing critical cleanup work with the support of state, tribal and local partners.January 17, 2025
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A Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project ceremony held late last year commemorated the removal of a cumulative 15 million tons of radioactive uranium tailings, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management 2024 priority.January 7, 2025
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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project recently conducted a multi-agency emergency response exercise involving a thundersnow scenario at its Crescent Junction disposal cell site.December 10, 2024
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Students from the University of Utah’s American Nuclear Society Student Section recently toured the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project sites.October 29, 2024
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The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project has achieved another 1-million-ton cleanup milestone, checking off a priority of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management for the year.October 22, 2024
Matthew Udovitsch serves as the Acting Federal Cleanup Director of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. The UMTRA Project is a remedial action being performed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Office of Environmental Management to relocate uranium mill tailings and other contaminated materials (residual radioactive material) from its present location, Moab, Utah to the Crescent Junction Disposal Site, also in Utah. Udovitsch provides project-wide leadership on strategic planning, communications, fiscal planning and programming, managing project risk, and engaging with stakeholders.
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High-Level Budget Information
FY22 Enacted (in the millions) | FY23 Requested (in the millions) | FY23 Enacted (in the millions) | FY24 Requested (in the millions) | FY24 Enacted (in the millions) | FY25 Requested (in the millions) |
| $67 | $67 | $67 | $67 | $67 | $64 |
For more information on the Office of Environmental Management's budget process and performance check out the Budget & Performance page.