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    The Church Rock uranium mill spill occurred in the U.S. state of New Mexico on July 16, 1979, when United Nuclear Corporation's tailings disposal pond...
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    company is most well known today as the company behind the Church Rock uranium mill spill. In 1996 the company was acquired by General Electric, and remains...
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    the United States' largest radioactive accident during the Church Rock uranium mill spill in 1979 when a tailings pond upstream from Navajo County breached...
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  • declared a moratorium on uranium mining in 2005. The tailings dam failure that caused the Church Rock uranium mill spill on July 16, 1979, remains the...
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    Azerbaijan, USSR. 1980 Houston radiotherapy accident. 1979 Church Rock uranium mill spill 1979 Three Mile Island accident and Three Mile Island accident...
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    underground water was expected to be implemented shortly after. Church Rock uranium mill spill, the largest environmental release of radiological material...
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    Church Rock uranium mill spill Environmental racism Nuclear labor issues Nuclear power debate Nuclear weapons debate The Navajo People and Uranium Mining...
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  • Massachusetts Church Rock, New Mexico, a census-designated place Church Rock uranium mill spill, in Church Rock, New Mexico, 1979 Church Rock (Utah), a column...
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    Department of Energy. Accidental releases from uranium mills include the 1979 Church Rock uranium mill spill in New Mexico, called the largest accident of...
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