 For Immediate Release
Contact: Scott Amey or Danielle Brian (202) 347-1122 or email scott@pogo.org
Yesterday, DOE made the surprising announcement recommending the relocation of the
Moab, Utah Uranium Mill tailings pile away from the
Colorado River. Since the late-1990's,
POGO
has voiced concerns about the government’s plan to place a cap over the uranium pile rather than move it to a safer location. Capping the pile would have allowed the uranium tailings, located in a 130-acre unlined pile about 750 feet from the Colorado River, to continue to seep into the river, the source of drinking water for more than 25 million residents in California and Arizona and home to several endangered species of fish.
For more information on this issue, please visit:
DOE Press Release – Relocation is the right move.
April 6, 2005
.
POGO
’s Public Comment on Capping verses Relocation –
POGO
Urges DOE to do the “right thing” and save the
Colorado River
… Again.
February 23, 2005
.
POGO
Alert – Big Victory for
Colorado River
and Those Who Drink From It.
October 11, 2000
.
POGO
Alert – Bill Hedden to Receive
POGO
's 1999 "Beyond the Headlines Award."
January 12, 2000
.
POGO
Investigative Report - NRC Sells Environment Down the River: Radiation Flows Unchecked into the
Colorado River
.
March 23, 1999
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