Colorado

Location Montrose County, ColoradoThe Uravan Uranium Mill is covered under RECA 5. Type of Facility RECA 5 Covered by EEOICPA Possible Part B Possible Part E Contractors United States Vanadium Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Contract Numbers AT(OS-1)-36...

Location 2199 S. University Boulevard Denver, ColoradoThe University of Denver Research Institute is listed as a processor of radioactive materials for National Lead of Ohio (Fernald). It appears that the University of Denver handled test quantities of radioactive...

Location Slick Rock, ColoradoVanadium and uranium was processed at this mill from 1957 through 1961. These milling operations are covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and are not separately covered under EEOICPA. However, DOE...

Location Slick Rock, ColoradoThis mill extracted radium salts and vanadium from locally mined ores between 1942 and 1943. These milling operations are covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and are not separately covered under EEOICPA....

Location Denver, ColoradoShattuck Chemical prepared uranium compounds and uranium oxide in the late 1950s. (This was probably done under a Source Materials License issued by the Atomic Energy Commission.) Shattuck also processed refined uranium and produced natural...

Location Golden, ColoradoRocky Flats was built in 1951 as a plutonium and uranium component manufacturing center. From 1952 to 1989, the site's primary mission was to fabricate the "pit" that contains the heavy metals and serves as the trigger device for nuclear...

Location Rifle, ColoradoThis 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 period. These milling operations are...

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 Exposure Compensation Act and are...

Location Grand Valley, ColoradoThe 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 (industrial and scientific) applications for nuclear...

Location Rifle, ColoradoThe 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 scientific) applications for nuclear explosives. The operational...

Location Naturita, ColoradoThis 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 separately covered under EEOICPA. However,...

Location Maybell, ColoradoDuring 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 covered under EEOICPA. However,...

Location Gunnison County, ColoradoThis mill processed approximately 540,000 tons of uranium ore between 1958 and 1962. This ore processing is covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and is not separately covered under EEOICPA. However,...

Location Uravan, ColoradoThe Manhattan Engineer District (MED) obtained uranium from residues left over from the production of vanadium. The resulting product made at these plants was called "green sludge." It was further processed at Grand Junction. Two plants in...

Location Grand Junction, ColoradoThe Manhattan Engineer District (MED) constructed a uranium refinery (mill) to produce uranium concentrate from “green sludge here in 1943 which it operated through 1946.” This location also served as the headquarters for the U.S....

Location Mesa County, ColoradoThe Gateway Uranium Mill is currently only a RECA 5 covered facility. Alternative Names Gateway Alloys Type of Facility RECA 5 Covered by EEOICPA Possible Part B Possible Part E DOL Tracking your DOL Claim Status Advisory Board on Toxic...

Location Durango, ColoradoThe AEC purchased the 147-acre uranium mill site in Durango, Colorado, in 1948 from the Vanadium Corporation of America. The AEC leased the facility back to Vanadium that same year, with an option to purchase the facility in 1953. Between...

Location Denver, ColoradoThe Denver Uranium Mill is currently only a RECA 5 covered facility. Alternative Names Shattuck Chemical Company SW Shattuck Chemical Company Type of Facility RECA 5 Covered by EEOICPA Part E for workers paid under RECA 5 DOL Tracking your DOL...

Location 600 9th Street Golden, ColoradoCoors Porcelain performed beryllium work for the Atomic Energy Commission. An early AEC document makes reference to Coors Porcelain’s involvement in beryllium work during the period from 1947-1948. Coors Porcelain had an earlier...

Location Grand Junction, ColoradoDuring its 19 years of operation, the mill produced 2.2 million tons of radioactive tailings. These years of operation are covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and are not separately covered under...

Location Fremont County, ColoradoCanon City Uranium Mill Site is located in Fremont County, Colorado and is not currently covered as a DOE site under EEOICPA but is covered under RECA 5 (Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Workers who have been awarded under...