Rocky Flats Lawsuit Settlement May Award $12,000 To Neighbors August 9, 2016 / 3:06 PM / CBS Colorado By Suzanne McCarroll DENVER (CBS4) - At least 13,000 and possibly as many as 15,000 residents living near the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant may be entitled to approximately $12,000 each.
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What did they make at Rocky Flats?
Rocky Flats, U.S. nuclear weapons plant near Denver, Colorado, that manufactured the plutonium detonators, or triggers, used in nuclear bombs from 1952 until 1989, when production was halted amid an investigation of the plant's operator, Rockwell International Corporation, for violations of environmental law.
Who owns Rocky Flats?
For forty years, the Rocky Flats Plant made plutonium cores for U.S. nuclear weapons. The plant was a government facility owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), but it was run by an outside contractor, first Dow Chemical and then Rockwell International.
Is there still radiation at Rocky Flats?
Nearly all underground contamination was left in place, and measurable radioactive environmental contamination in and around Rocky Flats will probably persist for thousands of years. The land formerly occupied by the plant is now the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
What is Rocky Flats called now?
The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is 5,237-acre (21.19 km2) National Wildlife Refuge in the United States, located approximately 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Denver, Colorado.
Where is Rocky Flats located?
ColoradoThe 6,240-acre Rocky Flats Plant (USDOE) site is located about 16 miles northwest of Denver and 10 miles south of Boulder, Colorado. The Rocky Flats Plant operated from 1952 until 1989 as part of the United States' nationwide nuclear weapons complex.
What was the Rocky Mountain Arsenal used for?
Known today as an urban national wildlife refuge, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal traces its beginnings to the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II. The U.S. Army constructed the Arsenal in 1942 to develop chemical weapons as a deterrent against the Axis Powers.
What is plutonium pit production?
To this workforce, a pit is a hollow sphere of plutonium that, when uniformly compressed by explosives inside a warhead or bomb, causes a nuclear explosion. Los Alamos produced the first plutonium pits in 1945, during the Manhattan Project.
Continued Work on Nuclear Facilities
The Markovits, Stock & DeMarco team has continued to assist the workers and residents surrounding nuclear facilities site through their website www.coldwarcancerfund.com. On the site they detail how workers of certain nuclear facility sites who have developed cancer may qualify for EEOICPA Claims.
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