Shocking Documentary Explores Colorado’s “Atomic Bomb Factory”

For someone not familiar with Colorado's history it would likely come as a shock to discover how much nuclear activity has taken place in the otherwise beautiful state. There's the deserted town of Uravan that was once home to uranium mining, the notorious chemical depot outside of Pueblo, and of course, Rocky Flats.

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Now, a new documentary has just been released that delves into what exactly took place at Rocky Flats until its permanent closure in 2005 and the collateral damage that was a direct result of it.

New Documentary Explores Colorado's Atomic Bomb Factory

The documentary is called 'Half-Life of Memory: America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory' and is currently available to stream on YouTube, Apple TV, Prime Video, Xbox, and more.

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The documentary tells the stories of numerous people who were directly affected by Rocky Flats.

One interview features a former employee and cancer survivor named Judy Padilla, a former FBI agent who led the infamous 1989 raid on the plant and consequently discovered illegal dumping and cover-ups by the name of Jon Lipsky, and the founder of the Downwinders campaign, Tiffany Hansen, who discovered that living downwind from the plant resulted in health issues for her and her neighbors.

The documentary claims that over 70,000 atomic bombs were secretly manufactured at Rocky Flats over the years, leaving behind toxicity levels that have proven to be detrimental to the health of nearly anyone who came into contact with it.

Rocky Flats served as the country's hub for nuclear weapons production from 1952 until 1989 and the facility officially closed in 2005.