Editor's Note: The video above says the Northeast Church Rock site is northwest of Gallup; it is northeast of Gallup.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The U.S. government has reached a historic $63 million settlement to clean up uranium mine waste in McKinley County.

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The Northeast Church Rock Mine site is where the largest radioactive spill in U.S. history occurred—17 miles northeast of Gallup. It's has been abando

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