Bill Signed to Move Uranium Waste Pile

A huge pile of uranium processing waste leaking into the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, would be moved to a safer area under a plan signed into law by President Clinton. Officials have been squabbling for years over what to do about the 10.5 million tons of radioactive dirt, the legacy of the closed uranium processing plant. The river serves as the drinking water source for parts of Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Southern California, although that water is drawn far downstream, where the concentration of pollutants is much lower. The cost is estimated at about $300 million.