Uranium Mania
Colorado Experience · Season 5 · Episode 3
The mineral carnotite was a "Pandora's rock" of scientific, medical, industrial and military power for twentieth-century America. While mining and refining of uranium ore in Western Colorado has mostly ceased, trace elements still radiate from Uravan and Grand Junction.
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Season
5
Episode
3
Air Date
02/Nov/2017
Air Time
—
Runtime
27 min
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The mineral carnotite was a "Pandora's rock" of scientific, medical, industrial and military power for twentieth-century America. While mining and refining of uranium ore in Western Colorado has mostly ceased, trace elements still radiate from Uravan and Grand Junction.
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