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Spills at Jaduguda Uranium Mine, Jharkhand, India

(last updated 21 Mar 2008)

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Tailings pipeline burst on February 21, 2008

On Feb. 21, 2008, a new tailings pipeline burst near Jaduguda caused a uranium mill tailings spill that reached nearby homes. (JOAR Mar. 20, 2008)

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Jaduguda tailings pipeline burst on February 21, 2008: man showing leak

Jaduguda tailings pipeline burst on February 21, 2008

Jaduguda tailings pipeline burst on February 21, 2008: tailings in home

 

 

Tailings pipeline burst on December 25, 2006

On December 25, 2006, the tailings pipeline carrying uranium mill tailings from the Jaduguda uranium mill to tailings dam No. 3 broke, spreading tailings into a tributary of river Subranarekha. (JOAR Dec. 26, 2006)

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Jaduguda tailings pipeline burst on December 25, 2006

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