Moab City Council Meeting Summary – July 22, 2025
Sustainability updates, film updates, votes on solar panels and a federal lobbyist contract
Issue: Moab UMTRA Site
Utah’s Radioactive Reckoning
Moab Museum launches exhibition exploring Utah uranium mining’s lasting impacts with free opening event The Moab Museum opens the second phase of its U92: Moab’s Uranium Legacy exhibition on July 19, shifting focus…
Independent testing of Moab uranium cleanup begins
A team from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education made its first visit to the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project this month to independently verify that the federal government’s cleanup is working as intended.
Breaking: New bill would put Moab uranium site under local control
Senator Curtis and Representative Kennedy introduced legislation to transfer the nearly-remediated Moab uranium site to Grand County’s control, giving local authorities the opportunity to repurpose the 480-acre riverside property for community benefit.
Atlas Mill
The Moab Museum explores local history, including the uranium tailings cleanup at the UMTRA site, managed by the Department of Energy. The site addresses waste from the Atlas Mill, which operated from 1956 to 1984.
A new vision for the UMTRA site
Moab Tailings Steering Committee creates plans for “Prospector Community Park”
Uranium levels greatly reduced in groundwater under UMTRA site after experimental trial
The Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) site is testing out a new method for cleaning up contaminated groundwater underneath the old uranium mill, which is right next to the Colorado River….
Troubled waters: Thompson Springs water board talks legalities, challenges, and the future
A recent water study also found that the town had a water deficit, though that deficit is likely only “on paper.”