From The Salt Lake Tribune: "The cost of hauling away the Moab tailings by 2019 could exceed $1 billion, according to the latest estimate by the U.S. Energy Department, the agency managing the cleanup. Congress ordered updated cost projections based on a cleanup timetable that is nearly a decade shorter than the DOE's. The department had been planning to spend about $30 million a year through 2028 to remove the leftover uranium waste piled up on the banks of the Colorado River outside of Moab. U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, said the new cost estimates are "radically different" from the projections of a couple of years ago. 'I question why doing the project more quickly will cost more money,' he said."
More Coyote Gulch coverage here.
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