Nuclear Cleanup of Rocky Flats
Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781422308288
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Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781422308288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kristen Iversen
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2013-06-04
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0307955656
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“An intimate and deeply human memoir that shows why we should all be concerned about nuclear safety, and the dangers of ignoring science in the name of national security.”—Rebecca Skloot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks A shocking account of the government’s attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic waste released by a secret nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and a community’s vain search for justice—soon to be a feature documentary Kristen Iversen grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America." Full Body Burden is the story of a childhood and adolescence in the shadow of the Cold War, in a landscape at once startlingly beautiful and--unknown to those who lived there--tainted with invisible yet deadly particles of plutonium. It's also a book about the destructive power of secrets--both family and government. Her father's hidden liquor bottles, the strange cancers in children in the neighborhood, the truth about what was made at Rocky Flats--best not to inquire too deeply into any of it. But as Iversen grew older, she began to ask questions and discovered some disturbing realities. Based on extensive interviews, FBI and EPA documents, and class-action testimony, this taut, beautifully written book is both captivating and unnerving.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-09-13
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781976364228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 2001, when GAO reported on the cleanup of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Rocky Flats site, a former nuclear weapons production facility, the cleanup was behind schedule and over cost. In October 2005, the contractor declared that it had completed the cleanup much earlier and at less cost than DOE and the contractor had anticipated 5 years earlier. GAO was asked to determine the (1) factors that contributed to the cleanup's early completion, (2) remaining work and total costs, (3) measures to assess whether the cleanup achieved a level of protection of public health and environment consistent with the cleanup agreement, and (4) lessons the Rocky Flats cleanup may offer for other DOE cleanup projects.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1428949038
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Department of Energy (DOE) hopes to complete a monumental task the cleanup and closure of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site by December 2006. One of the 16 major facilities that produced the nation's nuclear weapons, the Rocky Flats site (just 16 miles northwest of downtown Denver) made plutonium triggers, or pits, for these weapons. The site s weapons production activities left high-risk radioactive and hazardous materials and wastes, severely contaminated buildings, and large areas of contaminated soil all in close proximity to the 2.5 million residents of Denver and its surrounding communities. The job at hand is huge. For example, the total amount of radioactive waste that the contractor is required to package and ship off-site is enough to fill a 19-story building the size of a football field. Initially, DOE planned to maintain and gradually clean up the site until about 2070. However, in 1995, DOE undertook a more aggressive cleanup approach and signed a contract with Kaiser Hill Company, L.L.C., 2 to begin cleaning up the site. Then, in 1997, the Secretary of Energy designated Rocky Flats, along with several other nuclear sites, as a pilot site for cleanup and closure within 10 years. Subsequently, DOE and Kaiser-Hill set the challenging goal of closing the site by December 15, 2006. If DOE and the contractor can achieve this goal or come close to it, the Department stands to save billions of dollars compared with what it would have spent to continue to.
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Total Pages: 116
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-02
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781984944313
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGAO-06-352 Nuclear Cleanup of Rocky Flats: DOE Can Use Lessons Learned to Improve Oversight of Other Sites' Cleanup Activities
Author: Kim S. Cameron
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2006-08-13
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1576753905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLessons from the cleanup of America's most dangerous nuclear weapons plant