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.

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Acting Federal Cleanup Director

Matthew Udovitsch,
Acting Federal Cleanup Director

 

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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For more information on the Office of Environmental Management's budget process and performance check out the Budget & Performance page.

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