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Asbestos-laden Nuclear Site to be Redeveloped

The Denver Federal Center site in Denver, Colorado contains the state’s only nuclear reactor. In addition, the groundwater is polluted, and the soil is known to contain arsenic, uranium, beryllium, and cancer-causing asbestos. Despite the wide range of contaminants at the site, officials plan to open the site to the public, a decision that has outraged many Denver residents.

Under the current plan, the site would be redeveloped and would become home to a new hospital, railroad station, businesses, and even residential homes. But Adrienne Anderson is going to do everything in her power to stop that from happening. Anderson is an environmental hazards researcher, and has done extensive detective work to uncover the dirty history of the site.

"This area was a former toxic waste site," Anderson told reporters. Anderson fears that the workers on the site and even the general public could be in peril. "As all this material is being dug up, moved around, in some cases going into the air, there’s rightful concern as to whether there is a risk of exposure to the surrounding community," she said.

According to public records, a nuclear reactor was built on the site in the 1960s, and waste from the site was buried there. Prior to that, the site was home to an ammunition plant in the 1940s, which contained asbestos. The asbestos was buried on the site when the buildings were demolished and then buried. Asbestos can cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, and other health problems. Despite the myriad contaminants present at the site, Anderson says that her research has not uncovered any evidence that shows that the property was ever cleaned up. "The extent of clean up on that site has been zero. If you look at treating these wastes, it has not occurred."

But David Walker of the Colorado Department of Health thinks Anderson is wrong. "The Health Department does not believe there is any unacceptable risk to the public, to the workers at the Denver Federal Center property, or the people who are conducting the remediation work at the site," said Walker.

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