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Plutonium and the Jefferson Parkway: Another Look

In an article published in The Blue Line a few days ago I reported incorrect results from citizen sampling for plutonium in soil in the area at Rocky Flats proposed for construction of the Jefferson Parkway The sampling effort was initiated by Rocky Flats Nuclear Guardianship, a project of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center. We wanted to determine whether highway construction would be likely to stir up a cloud of highly toxic plutonium-laden dust that would endange
Japan Builds Ice Wall to Block Radioactive Leaks

Japan Builds Ice Wall to Block Radioactive Leaks

In an unprecedented move to stop the flow of radioactive water into the sea at Fukushima, the Japanese government plans to spend close to half-a-billion dollars building a 90-foot tall wall of ice in the earth around the reactors. If this works it's only a temporary solution to a catastrophe that continues to unfold. For details, including images, see here. #NukeNews
Atomic Gaffes: NYT Book Review, ‘Command and Control’

Atomic Gaffes: NYT Book Review, ‘Command and Control’

New York Times Book Review: Eric Schlosser’s ‘Command and Control’ A little over 50 years ago a South Carolina doctor (and the grandfather of this reviewer) treated a family for injuries sustained when a sudden, inexplicable explosion tore through their backyard. The injuries were not serious, and after spending the night at the doctor’s house they returned home to discover that the object in the 50-foot crater left behind their house was an atomic bomb that had fallen from a
Compare Maps

Compare Maps

Map of Rocky Flats site showing land retained by the Department of Energy (the central more contaminated part of the site) and land now managed by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) as the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. The yellow strip down the eastern edge of the Refuge is the land FWS made available for construction of the Jefferson Parkway. The square plot of land at the southwest corner of the Refuge (shaded brown) is Section 16, slated to be transferred to Fish &
Rocky Flats and the Jefferson Parkway

Rocky Flats and the Jefferson Parkway

Rocky Flats and the Jefferson Parkway, by LeRoy Moore Published in The Blue Line: News, Analysis and Opinion for the Informed Boulder Resident, July 27, 2012 Parkway Proponents Pushing for Super Eminent Domain, by Liz Payton Published in The Blue Line: News, Analysis and Opinion for the Informed Boulder Resident, April 12, 2012 #JeffersonParkway
Please Sign Our Petition to Stop the Jefferson Parkway!

Please Sign Our Petition to Stop the Jefferson Parkway!

Please sign this petition online. STOP ROAD CONSTRUCTION AT SITE OF FORMER NUCLEAR BOMB PLANT ROCKY FLATS TO: SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR SALLY JEWELL, U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE DIRECTOR DANIEL M. ASHE, SENATOR MARK UDALL, SENATOR MICHAEL BENNET, CONGRESSMAN ED PERLMUTTER, CONGRESSMAN JARED POLIS Stop construction of the Jefferson Parkway, a toll road planned along the most contaminated edge of the site of a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado. Rocky Flats remains conta
Hot Particle Politics on the Rocky Flats Highway

Hot Particle Politics on the Rocky Flats Highway

Published in The Boulder Stand, July 16, 2013 "Like the radioactive dust spread across Rocky Flats soil, politics over the Jefferson Parkway – which might be one of the most controversial building proposals of an American city’s beltway system – might never go away." Read the rest of the story here. #JeffersonParkway
Why Refuge Should Remain Closed to the Public

Why Refuge Should Remain Closed to the Public

A dozen reasons why the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge should remain closed to the public Prepared by LeRoy Moore, PhD, Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center, July 14, 2013 After completion of the “cleanup” of the 6,500-acre site of the defunct Rocky Flats nuclear bomb plant, about three-fourths of the site (roughly 7 square miles) was transferred from the Department of Energy to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to operate as a wildlife refuge. DOE retained 1,300 more conta
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