Is it safe to camp near the Moab site?
The campgrounds located near the Moab site are a safe distance from the tailings pile. Radon monitoring data collected from the nearest designated campground location show that radon concentrations in the vicinity are indistinguishable from naturally occurring background concentrations, indicating that the tailings pile has little discernable effect on radon concentrations at the campground.

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1. Is any of the Moab site open for public use?
2. Is it safe to camp near the Moab site?
3. Is it safe to raft down the Colorado River or ride my bicycle on Potash Road past the Moab site?
4. Is the site open to the public for tours?
5. The wind tends to blow frequently in the Moab area. Is the dust I see coming from the Moab site radioactive and is it harmful to breathe?
6. What are uranium mill tailings?
7. What does U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plan to do with the site?
8. What is that huge pile of dirt northwest of Moab?
9. What will U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) do to control dust during remediation of the pile? How will emissions be monitored?
10. Where can I find out more information about the Moab UMTRA Project?
11. Who owns the Moab site?