Author: United States
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1744

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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Category : Fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 1748

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Author: Kristen Iversen
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307955656
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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“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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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
Publisher:
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Category : Fraud
Languages : en
Pages : 1596

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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Author: Kristen Iversen
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN: 1682753158
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427

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Tucked up against the Rocky Mountains, just west of Denver, sits the remnants of one of the most notorious nuclear weapons sites in North America: Rocky Flats. With a history of environmental catastrophes, political neglect, and community-wide health crises, this site represents both one of the darkest and most controversial chapters in our nation's history, and also a conundrum on repurposing lands once considered lost. As the crush of encroaching residential areas close in on this site and the generation of Rocky Flats workers passes on, the memory of Rocky Flats is receding from the public mind; yet the need to responsibly manage the site, and understand the consequences of forty years of plutonium production and contamination, must be a part of every decision for the land's future.

Author: Kim S. Cameron
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1576753905
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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Lessons from the cleanup of America's most dangerous nuclear weapons plant

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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ISBN: 9780160397783
Category : Fraud
Languages : en
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Author: Len Ackland
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826327987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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A chilling, fast-moving study of the nuclear weapons plant in the Denver suburbs, told through the experiences of managers, workers, activists, and neighbors who were all so deeply affected by the hazardous plant.