United Nuclear Corporation
United Nuclear's uranium mine and mill within the Navajo Nation in Church Rock, New Mexico. | |
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| Company type | Public |
| NYSE: UNC | |
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| Founded | March 1961 in Maryland, United States |
| Defunct | September 17, 1997 |
| Fate | Acquired by General Electric |
| Successor | GE ENGINE SERVICES UNC HOLDING I, INC. |
| Headquarters | United States |
Area served | United States |
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| Revenue | $832,063,000 (1996) |
| $7,624,000 (1996) | |
| Total assets | $748,296,000 (1996) |
| Total equity | $136,279,000 (1996) |
Number of employees | 7,449 (1996) |
| Parent | General Electric |
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The United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) was a diversified nuclear mining, development, and applications company based out of the United States. Formed in 1961 as a joint venture between the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, the Mallinckrodt Corporation of America, and the Nuclear Development Corporation of America, the company is most well known today as the company behind the Church Rock uranium mill spill. In 1996 the company was acquired by General Electric, and remains to oversee the decommissioning of its former sites.