Results for keyword: Rocky Flats
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The importance of memory
The West has a peculiar kind of amnesia when it comes to its Cold War nuclear-weapons-building past.
by Jonathan Thompson , Feb 17, 2009 -
Remembering our atomic past
Proposed museums at Hanford’s B Reactor in Washington and Rocky Flats in Colorado would teach Westerners about the scientific triumphs – and the human tragedies – of the region’s nuclear history.
by Jennifer Weeks, Apr 28, 2008 -
Worker fallout
Some sick workers from Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant may receive compensation quickly, but most must wait
by Christine Hoekenga, Nov 20, 2007 -
Wildlife refuge may still be radioactive
Scientists may have found a radioactive "hot spot" at the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant near Denver, soon to be home to a wildlife refuge
by Lissa James, Feb 07, 2005 -
Toxic waste, tainted justice
The Ambushed Jury by Wes McKinley and Caron Balkany tells how the federal government covered up nuclear crimes at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant outside Denver
by Joshua Zaffos, Dec 06, 2004 -
Follow-up
More than 33,000 fish died in Klamath River in 2002; Bill Barrett Corp. gets go-ahead for seismic testing near Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon; Building 771 at Rocky Flats demolished; Kennewick Man will not be reburied
by Laura Paskus, Aug 16, 2004 -
Rocky Flats, the sequel?
The Department of Energy says any new nuclear bomb factory will be safer than Rocky Flats, but critics have their doubts
by Michelle Nijhuis, Sep 01, 2003
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