Colorado Experience: Uranium Mania
Colorado Experience: Uranium Mania
America’s explosive successes in peace and war were fueled by the radioactive wealth from the Colorado Plateau. The mineral carnotite was a “Pandora’s rock” of scientific, medical, industrial and military power for 20th Century America with its unleashed resources of radium, vanadium and uranium. Even though the energetic and frenetic mining and refining of uranium ore in Western Colorado has mostly ceased, its remaining trace elements of memory and controversy still radiate from Uravan and Grand Junction throughout the state, the nation and the world.
Stalin had spies within the project.
Yellow cake.
Very recommendable! The naive optimism of the 1950s became tragic
All I think of is the Fallout games. lol
These people seem very proud to be a part of the pollution and cancers of this planet….
Yeah, that’s where I want to have a picnic….
Oh, goody! More Colorado history for me!
I live on the Western Slope and have driven through there numerous times. Thank you for this episode.
Chernobyl and Fukushima……ugh
I can watch this stuff all day!