The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is a 5,237-acre National Wildlife Refuge in the United States, located approximately 16 miles northwest of Denver, Colorado. The refuge is situated west of the
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Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge covers over 5,000 acres, including these open plains.
Rocky Flats Plant
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The Rocky Flats Plant was a United States manufacturing complex that produced nuclear weapons parts near Denver, Colorado. The facility's primary mission was the fabrication of plutonium pits, the fis
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…black-tailed prairie dog, and porcupine. The site also contains an estimated 630 plant species. Prior to its establishment in 2007, the area housed a large manufacturing complex that produced nuclear weapons parts from the 1950s through the 1990s, until shutting down in 1992. The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is one of…
July 1995
Worker holding plutonium "button" in glove box
Precision plutonium foundry mold, 1959
Undated aerial photograph looking down on the plant from above