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The Rocky Flats Plant, a former U.S. nuclear weapons production facility located about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Denver, caused radioactive (primarily plutonium, americium, and uranium) contamination within and outside its boundaries. [1] The contamination primarily resulted from two major plutonium fires in 1957 and 1969 (plutonium is ...
Room damaged by 1969 Rocky Flats Fire. Control panel, Critical Mass Laboratory, 1970. The Rocky Flats Plant was a U.S. manufacturing complex that produced nuclear weapons parts in the western United States, near Denver, Colorado. [2] The facility's primary mission was the fabrication of plutonium pits, [3] which were shipped to other facilities ...
Broomfield is located midway between downtown Denver and Boulder along U.S. Route 36. The elevation of Broomfield is 5,348 feet (1,630 m). At the 2020 United States Census, Broomfield had a total area of 21,471 acres (86.890 km 2), including 371 acres (1.503 km 2) of water.
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. / 39.90889°N 105.11722°W / 39.90889; -105.11722. Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport ( IATA: BJC, ICAO: KBJC, FAA LID: BJC) is a public-use airport located in Broomfield, Colorado, United States. The airport is owned and operated by Jefferson County and is situated midway between Denver and Boulder ...
Website. Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is 5,237-acre (21.19 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge in the United States, located approximately 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Denver, Colorado. The refuge is situated west of the cities of Broomfield and Westminster and situated north of the city of Arvada .
List of drainage basins in Colorado. Coordinates: 38.9972°N 105.5478°W. The Gunnison River in the Black Canyon. This is a list of drainage basins in the U.S. State of Colorado . Colorado encompasses the headwaters of several important rivers. The state is divided into two major hydrographic regions by the Continental Divide of the Americas.
Standley Lake is a 1,200-acre (4.9 km 2) reservoir located in Westminster, Colorado. While originally constructed to provide water for the agricultural irrigation of the surrounding region northwest of Denver, it now serves primarily as the municipal water supply for the cities of Westminster, Northglenn, and Thornton.
www.mwhglobal.com. MWH Global Inc. was a global water and natural resources firm providing technical engineering, construction services and consulting services. In 2016, MWH was acquired by Stantec Consulting Inc. The firm provided planning, design and construction management for water and natural resources projects around the world. [3]