Welcome to A People's Atlas of Nuclear Colorado
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Navigating the Atlas
You may browse the Atlas by following the curated "paths" of information and interpretation provided by the editors. These paths roughly track the movement of radioactive materials from the earth, into weapons or energy sources, and then into unmanageable waste—along with the environmental, social, technical, and ethical ramifications of these processes. In addition to the stages of the production process, you may view in sequence the positivist, technocratic version of this story, or the often hidden or repressed shadow side to the industrial processing of nuclear materials.
Using the buttons on the left, you may also browse the Atlas's artworks and scholarly essays, access geolocated material on a map, and learn more about contributors to the project.
If you would like to contribute materials to the Atlas, please reach out to the editors: Sarah Kanouse (s.kanouse at northeastern.edu) and Shiloh Krupar (srk34 at georgetown.edu).
Cover Image by Shanna Merola, "An Invisible Yet Highly Energetic Form of Light," from Nuclear Winter.
Atlas design by Byse.
Funded by grants from Georgetown University and Northeastern University. Initial release September 2021.
Using the buttons on the left, you may also browse the Atlas's artworks and scholarly essays, access geolocated material on a map, and learn more about contributors to the project.
If you would like to contribute materials to the Atlas, please reach out to the editors: Sarah Kanouse (s.kanouse at northeastern.edu) and Shiloh Krupar (srk34 at georgetown.edu).
Cover Image by Shanna Merola, "An Invisible Yet Highly Energetic Form of Light," from Nuclear Winter.
Atlas design by Byse.
Funded by grants from Georgetown University and Northeastern University. Initial release September 2021.
Sarah Kanouse, Interpretive sign at the former site of the town of Uravan, Colorado, 2014,
Site
Uravan Uranium Project
The 680-acre Uravan Uranium site began as a radium-recovery plant in 1912 before being converted to a processing facility for uranium and vanadium ore by Union Carbide in the 1940s. The plant ultimately milled over 10 million tons of ore before closing in 1984 and transferring operations to Union Carbide subsidiary Umetco. The site was placed on the "Superfund" National Priorities List in 1986. As part of the site’s remediation, more than 971,762 dry tons of building debris and contaminated soil were sealed in the Naturita disposal cell, which has since been closed.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "Uravan Uranium Project (Union Carbide Corp.) Uravan, CO." Accessed August 7, 2020.
Sources
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management. "Naturita, Colorado, Disposal and Processing Sites" Fact Sheet. May 2020. Accessed July 31, 2020.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "Uravan Uranium Project (Union Carbide Corp.) Uravan, CO." Accessed August 7, 2020.
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