November 11, 2019
This map shows the proposed route of the Jefferson Parkway along Indiana St. compared with plutonium contamination outlined on the Krey Hardy Map. Click here for additional information from a paper written by Randy Stafford, member of the Jefferson Parkway Advisory Committee.
Jefferson County Commissioners
Public Hearing regarding the 2020 Budget
When: Tuesday, November 12th, 8am
Where: Jefferson County Administration and Courts Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80419
Jefferson County is facing a $16.1M budget shortfall in 2020, and plans to cut services like law enforcement, ballot processin...
October 22, 2019
This map shows the proposed route of the Jefferson Parkway along Indiana St. compared with plutonium contamination outlined on the Krey Hardy Map. Click here for additional information from a paper written by Randy Stafford, member of the Jefferson Parkway Advisory Committee.
Broomfield City Council
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When: Tuesday October 22nd, 6:00pm
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Where: George Di Ciero City and County Building 1 DesCombes Drive Broomfield, CO 80020
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Email the Broomfield City Council at: council@broomfieldcitycouncil.org
ACTION ALERT: Broomfield City Council will review the 2020 budget at the 10/22/19 meeting. In the best interest...
October 10, 2019
Map cited from the book Nuclear Heartland.
More info about the book at this link
On October 12, 2019 members and friends of The Colorado Coalition for the Prevention of Nuclear War will hold a Witness for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and support for the United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. This treaty would make illegal the construction and possession of nuclear weapons by any State on our Planet.
We will carpool from Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs to N-1, a launch control center for ten nuclear armed missiles in NE Colorado, and hold a prayer service at 1 PM petitioning that the US change its polic...
October 9, 2019
By LeRoy Moore
10-2-19
The two biggest controversies at Rocky Flats in 2019 are the presence of radioactive plutonium in the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and the area proposed for the Jefferson Parkway. When the “cleanup” was done at Rocky Flats the official standard for nuclear waste in the top 3 feet of soil at the site was 50 pCi/g, Much higher amounts were allowed in soil at deeper levels. EPA and CDPHE call this “safe.” But the National Academy of Sciences says any exposure is harmful. (See Health Risks from Exposure to low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, BEIR VII, 2006)
In 1943, for the Manhattan Project,...
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Rocky Flats is a former nuclear weapons plant 16 miles North West of Denver that operated from 1952-1989. The plant manufactured 70,000 plutonium bomb triggers for the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal.
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Urgent Goals for Public Health Include:
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No public recreation at Rocky Flats
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Prevent construction of the Jefferson Parkway
This website is a resource for comprehensive information regarding Rocky Flats. Rocky Flats Nuclear Guardianship includes a 40 year history of public engagement beginning with the Rocky Flats Truth Force in 1978.
The Nuclear Guardianship Ethic is proposed as an evolving expression of values to guide decision-making on the management of radioactive materials.
