Tag Archives: Rocky Flats

Rocky Flats: Dow Chemical And Rockwell International Billed $925M For Contamination At Nuclear Site via Recorder Journal

Posted on 2015/12/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

DENVER — Two companies that were contractors at the now-defunct Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant have been ordered to pay $925 million to residents who claimed contamination blown from the facility endangered people’s health and devalued their property. Dow Chemical … Continue reading →

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Playing with fire Whistleblowers and activists question recreational use at Rocky Flats via Boulder Weekly

Posted on 2015/10/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

When Jacque Brever worked in “the snake pit,” one of the most hazardous areas in Building 771 at Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, a structure later designated the most dangerous building in America, leaks and spills were such regular occurrences … Continue reading →

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The Chances of Another Chernobyl Before 2050? 50%, Say Safety Specialists via Technology Review

Posted on 2015/04/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

And there’s a 50:50 chance of a Three Mile Island-scale disaster in the next 10 years, according to the largest statistical analysis of nuclear accidents ever undertaken. The catastrophic disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are among the worst humankind has … Continue reading →

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Radiation Leak Linked to Los Alamos; Do We Really Want Biological Agents There? via Indian Country

Posted on 2014/10/03 by norma field

The cause of the radiation leak at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico, is still unresolved, but we know that it started with Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) and ended at the WIPP, shutting that facility down … Continue reading →

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Stirring the dust at Rocky Flats via The Boulder Weekly

Posted on 2013/08/23 by norma field

Book re-release chronicles new developments at Rocky Flats and the history and value of civil disobedience By Camilla Sterne When the 23-year-old Joe Daniel was assigned to cover the Rocky Flats protests in 1978 as a reporter and photojournalist for … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court declines appeal by Rocky Flats case via The Fallout Report

Posted on 2012/11/26 by norma field

Amid the outcry about the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act, it was easy to miss another decision that might have even graver consequences for the health of American citizens. I’m referring to the Supreme Court’s decision not … Continue reading →

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