RBC | With all the talk of nuclear power plants and storing spent fuel rods in Northwest Colorado, I thought it would be good to mention that radioactive ores and mills are nothing new to our area.
Rifle used to have a big uranium milling facility in the 1970’s. It is my understanding that waste from that site is still in Garfield County somewhere. Rio Blanco County has it’s own vanadium mining history.
The Sept.…