On the 26,000 tons of radioactive waste under Lake Powell. And more. | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

On the 26,000 tons of radioactive waste under Lake Powell. And more. | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Beneath the murky green waters on the north end of Lake Powell, entombed within the tons of silt that have been carried down the Colorado River over the years, lies a 26,000-ton pile of un-remediated uranium mill tailings. It’s just one polonium-, bismuth-, thorium-, and radium-tainted reminder of the way the uranium industry, enabled by the federal government, ravaged the West and its people for decades.