Full body burden : growing up in the nuclear shadow of Rocky Flats

Full body burden : growing up in the nuclear shadow of Rocky Flats / Kristen Iversen.

Author/creator	Iversen, Kristen
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Crown Publishers, ©2012.
Description	400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Iversen, Kristen. Rocky Flats Plant (U.S.)--Environmental aspects. Rocky Flats Plant (U.S.)--History. Rocky Flats Plant (U.S.)--Health aspects. Nuclear weapons plants--Health aspects --Colorado. Plutonium--Health aspects --Colorado. Radioactive waste sites--Cleanup --Colorado. Radioactive pollution--Colorado --Jefferson County. Jefferson County (Colo.)--Biography.

Portion of title	Growing up in the nuclear shadow of Rocky Flats
Contents	Mother's Day, 1963 -- Drums and bunnies, 1969 -- Nuns and pirates, 1974 -- Operation Desert Glow, 1979 -- A raid and a runaway grand jury, 1989 -- Doom with a view, 1990 -- Fire, again, 1991-1996 -- What lies beneath, 1996-2011.
Abstract	"A narrative report by a woman who grew up near the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility describes the secrets that dominated her childhood, the strange cancers that afflicted her neighbors, her brief employment at Rocky Flats, and the efforts of residents to achieve legal justice." -- Publisher's description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2011045902
ISBN	9780307955630
ISBN	030795563X

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	TD195 .N85 I84 2012	✔ Available	Place Hold