Rocky Flats
- Country: USA
- Role: Weapons Production
- Status: Decommissioned
- Year: 1952
Overview
The plant near Denver that machined plutonium pits for US warheads from 1952 to 1989, closed after FBI and EPA raids for environmental crimes. A 7 billion dollar cleanup finished in 2005 and part of the land is now a wildlife refuge.
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