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RECORD NUMBER: 2043 OF 2463Main Title | Shiprock, New Mexico Uranium Mill Accident of August 22, 1960. | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Public Health Service, Denver, Colo. Div. of Water Supply and Pollution Control | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1963 | |||||||||||
Report Number | Rept. No. ;PR-7; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-260 237 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Uranium mines ; Milling ; Shiprock(New Mexico) ; Radiation hazards ; Radioactive wastes ; Kerr-McGee Oil Industries ; Water pollution sampling ; Water quality data ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Fishes ; Emergency planning ; San Juan River ; Industrial wastes ; Accidents ; | |||||||||||
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Collation | 66p | |||||||||||
Abstract | The Shiprock, New Mexico, uranium mill accident of August 22, 1960, The conduct of field investigations of the incident are reviewed along with its in which a raffinate waste liquor holding pond wall ruptured, is described. The effect on downstream water users. Chemical and physical data for river water samples leave little doubt that the mill wastes reached the San Juan River in considerable quantity by the following day. The need for stringent prevention measures is discussed. |