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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says most of the uranium tailings near Moab will be transported by rail to a disposal site about 30 miles away.
A DOE officials says it'll be safer to use railroads cars to transport the material rather than trucks.
Trucks will still be used to carry the biggest loads that won't fit in railroad containers.
The 16 million tons of tailings are being taken to Crescent Junction.
DOE officials say upgrades to the rail line are expected to begin this fall and be finished by late spring 2009.
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