Welcome to A People's Atlas of Nuclear Colorado
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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.
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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.
David Hospital, Huemulite with vanadium crystals from the Sunday Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, Colorado, 2018, Wikimedia Commons
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Sunday Mine Complex
The Uravan mineral belt contains the only currently producing uranium mine in the state, the Sunday Mine Complex near Uravan, Colorado, owned by Western Uranium and Vanadium Corp., based in Nucla, Colorado. The Sunday Mine Complex consists of five individual mines and 221 undeveloped claims on public land, with a drilling and production history that stretches back decades. Mining and drilling occurred contemporaneously from the 1950s through the mid-1980s. From the 1980s to the present, mining and drilling occurred only sporadically and only when uranium or vanadium prices were high. However, the Trump administration's support for domestic uranium mining encouraged the company to bring the mine back to production-ready status in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic delayed final permitting and resumption of mining operations.
Globenewswire. "Western Uranium and Vanadium Corp. Provides Company Updates." May 27, 2020. Accessed August 5, 2020.
Johnson, David. "Colorado Mines." Miningartifacts.org. Accessed July 31, 2020.
Weslosky, Tracy. "George Glasier on WUC's Sunday Mine Complex & Trump's $1.5B Plan to Establish a US Uranium Reserve." InvestorIntel, March 10, 2020. Accessed August 5, 2020.
Western Uranium and Vanadium. "Sunday Mine Complex." Accessed July 31, 2020.
Sources
Adkins, Anthony R. "Technical Report on the Sunday Mine Complex Uranium Property, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA for Western Uranium Corporation Inc." July 7, 2015. Accessed July 31, 2020.Globenewswire. "Western Uranium and Vanadium Corp. Provides Company Updates." May 27, 2020. Accessed August 5, 2020.
Johnson, David. "Colorado Mines." Miningartifacts.org. Accessed July 31, 2020.
Weslosky, Tracy. "George Glasier on WUC's Sunday Mine Complex & Trump's $1.5B Plan to Establish a US Uranium Reserve." InvestorIntel, March 10, 2020. Accessed August 5, 2020.
Western Uranium and Vanadium. "Sunday Mine Complex." Accessed July 31, 2020.
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