Church Rock (Navajo: Kinłitsosinil) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,542 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 1,128 in 2010. [4] The community is named for Church Rock, a prominent natural landmark.

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 at its uranium mill in Church Rock breached its dam.

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2019年8月12日 · 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...

2023年8月28日 · Are you ready to embark on a journey through the rich history and vibrant traditions of Church Rock in New Mexico? Discover the historical significance this sacred place holds in Navajo culture and the customs and beliefs …

2023年6月6日 · In 1979, a dam holding millions of gallons of nuclear waste in Church Rock, New Mexico, collapsed. In a matter of hours, 94 million gallons of radioactive water and 1,100 tons of uranium waste flooded into a nearby river.

2023年6月6日 · The 1979 Church Rock Nuclear Disaster is the largest radioactive accident in US history. 94 million gallons of radioactive water and 1,100 tons of uranium waste flooded out of a breached dam...

2018年7月16日 · If instead you look to the people, to the communities living along the Puerco River near Church Rock, in northwestern New Mexico you will see the devastation of cancer, and the footprints of other non-cancer radiation impacts from the 1979 event.

The small town of Church Rock, New Mexico is part of the semi-autonomous Navajo Nation. After uranium was discovered here in the early 1950s, the town became the hub of the uranium mining industry in the region.

2022年4月19日 · The spill originated from a uranium mill in Church Rock, New Mexico, operated by the United Nuclear Corporation (UNC).