DENVER RADIUM SITE
DENVER, CO
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Brent Campbell
campbell.brent@epa.gov
(303) 312-6230
Remedial Project Manager
Benjamin Rule
Rule.Benjamin@epa.gov
(303) 312-6557
Site Location
Street Address:VARIOUS PLACES IN DENVER
DENVER, CO 80204
Background
The Denver Radium site is located in Denver, Colorado, along the South Platte River Valley. The site consists of over 65 properties contaminated by radioactive residues derived from the processing of radium ore in the early 1900s. This site has been partially deleted from the National Priorities List of Superfund sites.
In 1913, the National Radium Institute was established in Denver as a domestic source of radium, which was used in cancer therapy and research. The radium, vanadium and uranium industry thrived in Denver until the early 1920s. Site properties throughout the area were contaminated by radioactive residues from the processing ...
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