UNITED NUCLEAR CORP - NM00000-138


Incident ID NM00000-138
Dam Name UNITED NUCLEAR CORP
Downstream Hazard Potential
State NM
Incident Date 07/01/1979
Incident Type Failure
Incident Driver Unknown
Incident Mechanism 1 Unknown
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Incident Mechanism 3
Incident Description
Named Hydrologic Event
EAP Enacted (Y/N) due to Incident No
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Additional Remarks or Updates Precise date unknown. Uranium tailings - 93 million gallons of liquid contaminated with low-level radiation & ~ 1100 T of solid waste spread ~ 100 miles downstream. UNC shut down operations April 1982.
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EAP
Year Completed 0
Year Modified 0
Dam Height 0 ft
Max Storage (ac-ft) 0 ac-ft
Surface Area (acres) 0 acres
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Latitude 0
Longitude 0
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NID Number NM00000
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