Old Rifle Uranium Mill Information Location Rifle, Colorado This mill was operated for two periods, namely 1924 through 1932 and again from 1942 to 1958. During these both these time periods it processed vanadium ore. Uranium ore was processed only in the latter...
New Rifle Uranium Mill Information Location From 1958 to 1973, the mill produced uranium and vanadium concentrates and from 1973 to 1984 part of the mill was used to produce vanadium concentrate. These milling operations are covered under the auspices of the Radiation...
Project Rulison Nuclear Explosion Site Information Location Grand Valley, Colorado The Project Rulison site was the location of one of the nuclear test explosions conducted as part of the AEC’s Plowshare program, which was initiated in 1957 to develop peaceful...
Project Rio Blanco Nuclear Explosion Site Information Location Rifle, Colorado The Rio Blanco site was the location of one of the nuclear tests conducted as part of the AEC’s Plowshare program that was initiated in 1957 to develop peaceful (industrial and...
Naturita Uranium Mill Information Location Naturita, Colorado This former uranium and vanadium ore processing facility processed about 704,000 tons of ore. This ore processing is covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and is not...
Maybell Uranium Mill Information Location Maybell, Colorado During its 7 years of operations, this uranium mill processed about 2.6 million tons of ore. This ore processing is covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and is not separately... 