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

Author/creator Iversen, Kristen
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Crown Publishers, ©2012.
Description400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011045902
ISBN9780307955630
ISBN030795563X

Availability

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