The Navajo Times Online - 1979 Church Rock spill a symbol for …
WEBThe walk ended at the ranch of Larry King, another former Kerr-McGee employee. He recalled that two weeks before the disaster, he walked along the tailings impoundment and measured cracks in it...
On the 44th anniversary of the Church Rock uranium spill, Navajo …
WEBAug 11, 2023 — Members of the Navajo Nation in this northern New Mexico community are dealing with the fallout from a uranium spill that happened here more than four decades ago, in addition to historic uranium mining activities.
Navajo Nation faces possible new threats after decades of …
WEBDec 7, 2023 — Larry King, a Navajo tribal member and former uranium miner, said that the Three Mile Island nuclear incident, which occurred only three months earlier in Pennsylvania, drew a national attention ...
Larry’s Story | New Mexico Environmental Law Center
WEBby NMELC | Dec 14, 2017 | Stories. Larry J. King of Church Rock once worked in the mines that line the Rio Puerco between Red Water Pond Road Community and Church Rock. The United Nuclear spill of 1979 into the Rio Puerco – the largest accidental release of radiation in US history – surged through the land that he and his family call home.
Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster
WEBAug 13, 2019 — Early in the summer of 1979, Larry King, an underground surveyor at the United Nuclear Corporation’s Church Rock Uranium mine in New Mexico, began noticing something unusual when looking at the south side of the tailings dam.
The largest radioactive disaster in U.S. history happened on the Navajo …
WEBOn July 16, 1979, the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history happened on the Navajo Nation, and those most harmed by it are thinking about the risk that new uranium mining poses near the Grand Canyon. Larry King worked as an underground surveyor at the Northeast Church Rock Mine.
Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still ... - VICE
WEBAug 12, 2019 — Early in the summer of 1979, Larry King, an underground surveyor at the United Nuclear Corporation’s Church Rock Uranium mine in New Mexico, began noticing something unusual when looking at the...
Church Rock Uranium Spill July 16, 1979 | Alliance for Nuclear ...
WEBJul 16, 1979 — In 1968, the United Nuclear Corporation initiated mining operations in the largest underground uranium mine in the United States. Located in Church Rock, New Mexico, in the Navajo Native American Reservation, the Church Rock Mill produced more than two million pounds of uranium oxide per year.
‘American Diagnosis’: From Church Rock to Congress, Uranium …
WEBMar 1, 2022 — People living on and near the Navajo Nation have been grappling with the legacy of 40-plus years of uranium mining. According to Environmental Protection Agency cleanup reports and congressional hearings, mines were abandoned, radioactive waste was left out in the open, and groundwater was contaminated.
Gathering will mark 45 years since the largest radioactive ... - KUNM
WEBJul 12, 2024 — Bertha Nez stands near an area of high radiation close to her home. It’s been 45 years since the largest radioactive release in U.S. history occurred at Church Rock New Mexico. Members of the Navajo Nation will gather on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the uranium spill.