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Nuclear waste no-go zone2024 Sep 25
Lest you think Chernobyl-ish zones of nuclear radiation-emitting contamination are only the trappings of the Soviet Union, be aware that there's a few thousand acres just northeast of Denver, Colorado that are similarly forbidden territory. The site of a factory under control of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, they so mishandled the facility that it was eventually raided and then shut down by fellow government agency FBI. Of course this came only after numerous, numerous whistleblowers and public protests lasting decades. No accident, though, Rocky Flats contamination was criminally negligent or just straight-up deliberate, all done in the service of the Cold War and forever expanding America's arsenal of nuclear weapons. So, a real lose-lose situation.
Now it's a "nature reserve." Though, seeing as it's not safe for humans to visit, what the hell else would it be?
Lest you think Chernobyl-ish zones of nuclear radiation-emitting contamination are only the trappings of the Soviet Union, be aware that there's a few thousand acres just northeast of Denver, Colorado that are similarly forbidden territory. The site of a factory under control of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, they so mishandled the facility that it was eventually raided and then shut down by fellow government agency FBI. Of course this came only after numerous, numerous whistleblowers and public protests lasting decades. No accident, though, Rocky Flats contamination was criminally negligent or just straight-up deliberate, all done in the service of the Cold War and forever expanding America's arsenal of nuclear weapons. So, a real lose-lose situation.
Now it's a "nature reserve." Though, seeing as it's not safe for humans to visit, what the hell else would it be?