Rocky Flats Plant
The Rocky Flats Plant was a United States manufacturing complex that produced nuclear weapons parts near Denver, Colorado. The facility's primary mission was the fabrication of plutonium pits, the fissionable part of a bomb that produces a nuclear explosion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leyden and Eldorado Springs.
Leyden
Village
Leyden, Colorado, elevation 5,656 feet is a small unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado west of Arvada at the junction of West 82nd Avenue and Quaker Street. Leyden is situated 3½ miles southeast of Rocky Flats Plant.
Eldorado Springs
Locality
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Eldorado Springs is an unincorporated community, a census-designated place and a post office located in and governed by Boulder County, Colorado, United States. Eldorado Springs is situated 4 miles northwest of Rocky Flats Plant.
Superior
Town
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Superior is a Home Rule Town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States, with a small, uninhabited segment of land area extending into Jefferson County. Superior is situated 5 miles northeast of Rocky Flats Plant.
Rocky Flats Plant
- Type: Military installation
- Description: defunct American nuclear weapons manufacturing site
- Category: factory
- Location: Jefferson, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Rocky Flats Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مصنع روكي فلاتس”
- Chinese: “落基山脈核工廠”
- French: “Laboratoire national de rocky flats”
- French: “Laboratoire national de Rocky Flats”
- French: “Laboratoire National De Rocky Flats”
- German: “Rocky Flats Plant”
- German: “Rocky Flats”
- Japanese: “ロッキーフラッツ”
- Russian: “Завод «Рокки Флэтс»”
- Spanish: “Planta de Rocky Flats”
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