Rocky Flats Plant (historical)

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former industrial facility nuclear weapons production facility

Rocky Flats Plant (historical) was a major U.S. nuclear weapons production facility near Denver, Colorado, primarily responsible for manufacturing plutonium triggers for nuclear warheads and later notorious for environmental contamination and safety violations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (cleanup successor)	1
Rocky Flats Plant	1
Rocky Flats Plant (historical) canonical	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former industrial facility ⓘ nuclear weapons production facility ⓘ
addedToSuperfund	1989 ⓘ
cleanupCompletionDate	2005 ⓘ
cleanupCost	approximately $7 billion ⓘ
cleanupStartDate	1990s ⓘ
closureDate	2005 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1951 ⓘ
contaminant	americium ⓘ hazardous waste ⓘ plutonium ⓘ uranium ⓘ volatile organic compounds ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endOfWeaponsProduction	1989 ⓘ
environmentalImpact	airborne radioactive releases ⓘ groundwater contamination ⓘ soil contamination ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1950s–1990s ⓘ
inception	1952 ⓘ
legalStatus	Superfund site ⓘ
locatedIn	Jefferson County, Colorado ⓘ
locatedNear	Boulder, Colorado ⓘ Denver, Colorado ⓘ
managedBy	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
nearbyCity	Arvada ⓘ surface form: Arvada, Colorado Westminster, Colorado ⓘ
notableFor	FBI and EPA raid in 1989 ⓘ environmental contamination ⓘ industrial safety violations ⓘ radiological pollution ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ surface form: Atomic Energy Commission Dow Chemical Company ⓘ EG&G ⓘ Kaiser-Hill Company ⓘ Rockwell International ⓘ U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: U.S. federal government
partOf	U.S. nuclear weapons complex ⓘ
primaryFunction	manufacture of plutonium pits ⓘ production of nuclear weapons components ⓘ
product	beryllium components ⓘ plutonium triggers for nuclear warheads ⓘ uranium components ⓘ
redevelopedAs	Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
regulator	Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ surface form: Environmental Protection Agency
safetyIncident	major plutonium fires in 1957 and 1969 ⓘ
startOfOperations	1953 ⓘ
subjectOf	FBI Operation Desert Glow ⓘ environmental health studies ⓘ nuclear weapons policy debates ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States nuclear weapons complex → includesFacility → Rocky Flats Plant (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (cleanup successor)

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge → formerFacilityName → Rocky Flats Plant (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rocky Flats Plant