Colorado Experience
Uranium Mania
Season 5 Episode 3 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Examine the controversial Legacy of Uranium mining in Colorado.
America's explosive successes in peace and war were fueled by the radioactive wealth from the Colorado Plateau. The mineral carnotite was a "Pandora's rock" of scientific, medical, industrial and military power for 20th Century America. Even though the mining and refining of uranium ore in Western Colorado has mostly ceased its remaining trace elements still radiate from Uravan and Grand Junction.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado Experience
Uranium Mania
Season 5 Episode 3 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
America's explosive successes in peace and war were fueled by the radioactive wealth from the Colorado Plateau. The mineral carnotite was a "Pandora's rock" of scientific, medical, industrial and military power for 20th Century America. Even though the mining and refining of uranium ore in Western Colorado has mostly ceased its remaining trace elements still radiate from Uravan and Grand Junction.
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