Colorado Experience: Uranium Mania

By admin | February 11, 2021 |

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.

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9 Comments

  1. Taylor Davison on February 11, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    Oh, goody! More Colorado history for me!

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  2. Joluvslilhorses on February 11, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    Chernobyl and Fukushima……ugh

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  3. rahkin rah on February 11, 2021 at 2:31 pm

    I live on the Western Slope and have driven through there numerous times. Thank you for this episode.

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  4. nisw1918 on February 11, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Yellow cake.

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  5. granskare on February 11, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Stalin had spies within the project.

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  6. Lurker1979 on February 11, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    All I think of is the Fallout games. lol

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  7. MikesAvenger on February 11, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    I can watch this stuff all day!

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  8. Thomas Bingel on February 11, 2021 at 2:47 pm

    Very recommendable! The naive optimism of the 1950s became tragic

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  9. toordog on February 11, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    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….

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