The former site of Uravan, a once-booming uranium-mining town - The New Yorker

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Peter Hessler visits the former site of Uravan, a once-booming uranium-mining town in southwestern Colorado that provided uranium for the Manahttan Project.

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The former site of Uravan, a once-booming uranium-mining town - The New Yorker

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