Audit Letter Report: OAS-RA-L-10-03

Audit of Moab Mill Tailings Cleanup Project

Office of Inspector General

April 23, 2010

April 23, 2010 

Audit of Moab Mill Tailings Cleanup Project

The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project (Moab Project) is located at a former uranium-ore processing facility near Moab, Utah on the west bank of the Colorado River. In 2005, the Department of Energy (Department) issued a Record of Decision to relocate, by rail, approximately 16 million tons of uranium mill tailings from that location to a disposal site 30 miles away in Crescent Junction, Utah. In June 2008, the Department awarded a $92 million contract, with approximately $6 million in available fee, to EnergySolutions to construct the necessary infrastructure, upgrade the rail lines, and begin the transportation of mill tailings to Crescent Junction. Under the terms of the contract, EnergySolutions was required to relocate about 2.5 million tons of tailings by the end of Fiscal Year 2011. In April 2009, EnergySolutions completed the first shipment of tailings to Crescent Junction.

Topic: Environmental Cleanup

  • Audit Letter Report: OAS-RA-L-10-03 (99.98 KB)
    The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project (Moab Project) is located at
    a former uranium-ore processing facility near Moab, Utah on the west bank of the
    Colorado River. In 2005, the Department of Energy (Department) issued a Record of
    Decision to relocate, by rail, approximately 16 million tons of uranium mill tailings from
    that location to a disposal site 30 miles away in Crescent Junction, Utah. In June 2008,
    the Department awarded a $92 million contract, with approximately $6 million in
    available fee, to EnergySolutions to construct the necessary infrastructure, upgrade the
    rail lines, and begin the transportation of mill tailings to Crescent Junction. Under the
    terms of the contract, EnergySolutions was required to relocate about 2.5 million tons of
    tailings by the end of Fiscal Year 2011. In April 2009, EnergySolutions completed the
    first shipment of tailings to Crescent Junction.