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United States II: All Nuclear Weapons Materials Have Been Removed From Rocky Flats The Rocky Flats site in Colorado is now free of nuclear weapons material, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced yesterday (see GSN, June 27). The facility fabricated the plutonium cores of every nuclear weapon now in the U.S. stockpile. “Rocky Flats helped the United States win the Cold War and it is no longer in the nuclear weapons business,” Abraham said. “Rocky Flats is on a path to close under budget. The hard work of all those involved in the Rocky Flats cleanup has helped beat target dates for key milestones and maintained the commitment to the American people of this country to shutdown and cleanup this facility. This removal of the weapons-usable material is a historic event,” he added. The Energy Department currently is cleaning the facility. According to Energy officials, the removal of the nuclear-weapons material was achieved 12 years ahead of schedule. “This accomplishment is probably the most important milestone of the Rocky Flats Closure Project to date,” said Energy Department Rocky Flats Site Manager Gene Schmitt. “It also saves close to $2 million in security costs each month that can be applied directly to accomplishing more cleanup work,” he added (Energy Department release, Aug. 19).
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