Climax Uranium Mill
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1101 Kimball Avenue, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501A mill that, beginning in 1951, processed uranium from local mines for use in the nuclear industry and cold war weaponry. Prior to its use as a uranium processing facility, the building was a sugar manufacturing plant. According to Harold Godby, who worked at the uranium plant as a heavy equipment operator, the facility operated 24 hours a day. He worked there for two years, loading dump trucks full of uranium mill tailings, which were driven to the nearby Colorado River and dumped along the banks. Beginning in the 1980's, the Federal Government spent millions of dollars under the Superfund program removing mill tailings from the Colorado River's banks and from buildings, sidewalks and parks where it had been used as an additive in concrete, and as fill dirt.
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