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Associated Press reported that state health officials are reviewing an explanation from Cotter Corp following a spill at the company’s defunct uranium mill in central Colorado. A report from the company was released on Monday November 24 or early on the 25 confirming that a coupler on a 6-inch pipeline had broken and was fixed. …
Associated Press reported that state health officials are reviewing an explanation from Cotter Corp following a spill at the company’s defunct uranium mill in central Colorado. A report from the company was released on Monday November 24 or early on the 25 confirming that a coupler on a 6-inch pipeline had broken and was fixed.
According to the news source:
…a pipeline leaked about 1,800 gallons of possibly tainted water uphill from Canon City and the Arkansas River. Well tests in July found water in the waste pipeline area contained elevated levels of uranium and molybdenum.
Cotter manager Stephen Cohen says it’s unlikely the spill will worsen contamination of groundwater.