Jeff Deckler: We'll keep watching that site pretty much forever |
| Published: September 30, 2008, 7:52 am |
| Tags: 2008presidentialelection, climate change, colorado water |
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From The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: "The 20-year, $120 million cleanup of the old Uravan mill site along the San Miguel River in western Montrose County was completed Monday." More from the article: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency certified completion of the cleanup and was preparing to hand over management of the site to the Department of Energy, said Rebecca Thomas, Uravan site manager for the EPA. The cleanup eliminated threat to surface and groundwater from the 680-acre site that dates back to the beginning of the nuclear age. The cleanup removed more than 13 million cubic yards of mill tailings, evaporation-pond precipitates, water-treatment sludge, contaminated soil and debris from more than 50 major mill structures on the site. The wastes are contained in four on-site disposal cells, which also contain wastes from a nearby abandoned mill in Gateway and tailings from the Naturita mill site. More than 380 million gallons of contaminated liquid were treated in the [ Full article ] |
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