Colorado Experience
Colorado's Cold War
Season 2 Episode 205 | 28m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Rocky Flats was a major stimulus to Colorado's economy, but also a source of controversy.
In 1951 the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced the construction of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant in Arvada. The facility manufactured the plutonium “trigger” used in every nuclear weapon created in the United States. For the next several decades, Rocky Flats was a major stimulus to the local economy, but also a source of increasing controversy.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado Experience
Colorado's Cold War
Season 2 Episode 205 | 28m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
In 1951 the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced the construction of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant in Arvada. The facility manufactured the plutonium “trigger” used in every nuclear weapon created in the United States. For the next several decades, Rocky Flats was a major stimulus to the local economy, but also a source of increasing controversy.
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