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=IB Chemistry Group 1: ROCKY FLATS=

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Building 71 now known as building 771 was the original plutonium processing building at Rocky Flats.

Rocky Flats Plant
Research Question: Explore the weapons research at Rocky Flats Plant and how it has affected and is affecting the surrounding environment.

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Flats_Plant  -general information, pictures and a few helpful additional links http://www.lm.doe.gov/land/sites/co/rocky_flats/rocky.htm  -Information, like timelines, on the closure and clean up of Rocky Flats. Provides a good list of enviromental contaminates under fact sheet. http://www.springerlink.com/content/x3081v8285jnr140/  -Lexi is unable to access the information here. [|http://www.setacjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1897%2F1551-3793(2005)1%5B391%3AAIDTAT%5D2.0.CO%3B2&ct=1]  -This link didn't work for Lexi, she blames Christopher since Cindy is a saint and can do no wrong. http://www.energystorm.us/Review_Of_Plutonium_Process_Chemistry_At_Rocky_Flats-r325699.html  - This would provide great information but Lexi can only read the abstract. This is really good website with lots of information. http://www.nukeworker.com/nuke_facilities/North_America/usa/DOE_Facilities/rocky_flats/index.shtml  -Cool site with information on the plutonium pollution and clean up. Specifics on amounts of pollutants but not chemical make up or specifics on harm to environment. http://www.amazon.com/Making-Real-Killing-Rocky-Nuclear/dp/0826318770 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - book - History of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/rocky_flats.htm <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> -Same information as nukeworker. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/rf/903area.htm [|**http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/rf/1957fire.htm**] http://cedr.lbl.gov/DR/drrf.html <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Basically this is the best site I have found so please go to it. -Super cool site with detailed information on the history and chemical anylysis of the Rocky Flats site. Includes everything from the release of plutonium in the air to a study of soil at rocky flats. (For drafts of information see: See page 19-21 under phase 1 documents reviewed draft 1 for list of chemicals used (**LOOK HERE FOR CHEMICALS //---//>** <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://cedr.lbl.gov/pub/phase1task1.PDF <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ). See phase 1, task 5, "estimated historical emissions... table of contents", see all tables links for the yearly emissions per building> (**//ALL TABLES--->//**http://cedr.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/spiface/find/cedrbfs/?RECORD=1813 --> from this link go to tables under CEDR archieve See phase 1, task 8 for an overview of impacts.) (For final reports on emissions see: <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://cedr.lbl.gov/pub/1678/1678.pdf <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> pg 3-4, 9-10 to start with but all apendix A,B, and C for data or pg 13-38 for data with analysis. ) (For final reports of 1957 fire see, includes timeline and **//DIAGRAMS>//** See  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://cedr.lbl.gov/pub/1554/1554.pdf <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> page 1-6, 13-16, 18/22 as starting point) (For final information on exposure to cancer rates see **//LOOK HERE FOR MAP PICS!!! --->//** <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> http://cedr.lbl.gov/pub/1619/1619.pdf <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> pg 34-37
 * This website contains information on soil**
 * Website that ontains information on the fire of 1957(including how they found the amount of plutonium that was released into the environment).**
 * //BEST BIG PICTURE EMISSION TABLES>//** http://cedr.lbl.gov/pub/1813/tsk5tblatoe.pdf  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ).
 * //RADIATION IN DRINKING WATER!!! TABLES --->//** http://cedr.lbl.gov/pub/1813/tsk5tbldandc.pdf

http://www.radiationanswers.org/radiation-introduction/radiation-exposure.html?gclid=CNfWxNSQ_5YCFQJNagodUgzVZA <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/HM/rf/index.htm <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> When visiting this website go directly to health studies(has information about how rocky flats have been affecting our health). <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/safety/appendc.pdf <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - Good site for some information on the environmental effects of plutonium dioxide. I printed this out and highlighted the useful information so contact me for the highlighted hard copy. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://mightylib.mit.edu/Course%20Materials/22.55/Fall%202004/Notes/ef_of_rad_on_dna.pdf <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> -Good site for the effects of radiation on DNA but all the pictures and figures were removed because they were copy written. It’s helpful to look through pages 4-11. (<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">www.radiation-scott.org/ radsource/4341-3.gif )

http://www.blog2blog.nl/uploads/9/999prologic999/3699.jpg **//<--- Another Radiation on DNA PIC (you will have to copy and paste the link to get to the site because the link will take you to a 404 error screen)//**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_/ai_100879330 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> - This too is a site on the effects of plutonium radiation but it is interesting because it discusses the genetic fingerprint this type of radiation. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|http://www.xs4all.nl/~stgvisie/VISIE/Plutonium-Cancer.html] <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> -Read only the first half of the site under “Plutonium cancer risk may be higher than thought.” It explains the bystander effect on cells near irradiated ones. http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/media/ringworm_44.JPG**Picture of a child cheek due to radiation poisoning
 * http://www.nuclearfiles.org/images/library/media-gallery/image/testing/marshall-islands/UTK%20Mystery%20014.jpg**The deformed brain of a baby due to radiation poisoning**

This is a list of the plutonium and uranium http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/senior/cosmicengine/images/sun/alphadecay.gif http://www.chemicalelements.com/bohr/b0094.gif http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/nucene/imgnuk/u2351.gif&imgrefurl=http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/nucene/u235chn.html&h=307&w=512&sz=26&hl=en&start=2&um=1&usg=__eAGiT1ul6rI-uD_YHRBhVUNfgok=&tbnid=cM_3Xv9ArUzUnM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Duranium%2B235%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive http://www.kutl.kyushu-u.ac.jp/seminar/MicroWorld3_E/3Part3_E/3P33_E/U235_fission_2_E.jpg http://www.ieer.org/decay.gif



(http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/report/enviro/eis-0219/srs-f06.gif) (http://www.friendsofbruce.ca/images/h_nuclear_waste_03.jpg)
Preliminary Board Design Below The researchers determined that approximately 63 kilograms (kg) of plutonium were in the room where the fire occurred and that 13-21 kg were actually involved in the fire. It is estimated that between 40 and 500 grams (or 2.9 and 36 Ci) of plutonium-239, -240 were released into the air and carried off-site. The median estimate was about 300 grams (or 20 Ci). || **Effect on Farms/Livestock - Horse** || "We'd had malformed baby horses. A couple of misplaced bladders" - Bini Abbott in //Making a Real Killing// Abbot kept the deformed bodies in their freezer so they could be later studied. || **Conclusion - More Maps/Generic Pics** ||  || Scientists estimated that each barrel contained about 0.2 to 2 grams (approximately 0.007 to 0.07 ounces) of plutonium and that between 20 and 200 grams (or 1.4 and 15 Ci) of plutonium had leaked onto the soil. An estimated 261,000 square feet of soil in the 903 Area were contaminated during the leakage, based on analysis of photographs, interviews and records from the period. The highest plutonium concentrations were in the top inch of soil. ||  ||   ||
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 * **Background/Introduction - Maps/Pictures of Rocky Flats** || Rocky Flats is a United States nuclear weapon facility near Denver Colorado that was used for the manufacturing of the hydrogen bomb during World War II under the Dow Chemical Company. In 1953 the company started to manufacture plutonium triggers, which were used to help with the manufacturing of nuclear weapons. For our analysis of the Rocky Flats incident we decided to research the weapons created under this facility as well the outcomes that resulted from the fire in 1957 as well as the outgoing contaminations during the 1960’s. We wanted to observe how these incidents affected the environment as well as animals, and people who lived near the Rocky Flats facility. || **Title - Radiant Rocky Radiation: A Study of Radiation at Rocky Flats Plant and Its Effects Across Colorado** ||  || **Radiation's Interaction with DNA - Custom Pic** ||   ||
 * **Chemicals Used - Model of Uranium** ||  || **Research Question - Explore the weapons research at Rocky Flats Plant and how it has affected and is affecting the surrounding environment.** ||   || **Effects of Radaition Poisoning on the Body - Mutations** ||   ||
 * **Processes Used in Rocky Flats - Apparatus/Hazmat Sign** ||  || **Drinking Water Effects - Facilities/Water Glass** || Drinking water samples were taken regurlarly from 1952-1970 by rocky flats but later studies showed radiation to be present in drinking water from 1970-1989 in Broomfield, Arvada, Golden, Boulder and Westminister. || **In Depth Analysis of Radiation Theory - Models** ||   ||
 * **Plutonium Manufacture - Model of Pu Manufacture** || Despite limitations on reconstructing the 1957 fire events, researchers uncovered historic data and information that were previously unavailable to the public. This additional information and consultation with experts, including a nationally recognized fire expert, allowed the researchers to reconstruct a plausible fire scenario and to estimate the amount of plutonium released.
 * **Fires at Rocky Flats - Fires/Pu Hydride/Newspaper Clipping** ||  || **Emmissions from Fires, etc.** || After the barrels were removed in 1968, the contaminated soil was left exposed to the wind and the weather. The next year, large rocks were removed and the area was graded. The freshly disturbed soil was easily blown off-site during high winds in 1968 and 1969. By November 1969, an asphalt cover was placed over the 903 Area to reduce further windblown contamination. Gravel was later placed over the contaminated area on-site, east of the asphalt cover.
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Log:
8-21-8: We brainstorm topic ideas in class for 60 minutes. 9-4-8:Topic discussions in class and we decided in war warfare for 60 minutes in class. 9-12-8: Formed groups, and chose our topic for 60 minutes in class. 9-21-8 - Page edit by cgrant618 9-25-8 - cgrant618 works alone 9-25-8- Lexi_Salazar adds more sources for the Exxon oil spill 10-3-8 - cgrant618 teams up with CindyZavala and decides on the Rocky Flats Plant as a G4 topic 10-3-8- w00t 10-4-8 w00t?? 10-5-8 Lexi_Salazar adds pictures and small summaries for each site. She is super cool and as leader demands cgrant618 and CindyZavala to bow down to her might! Yes... I know its a long way to bow, just do it. 10-6-8 - cgrant618 hurts his back and demands research be done 10-7-8 cgrant618 has a weak back, Lexi_Salazar is getting the research done all alone. 10-09-8 - cgrant618 is satisfied with others doing research 10-9-8 - cgrant618 proceeds to wade through sources 10-9-8 - Lexi_Salazar and cgrant618 spend 1.5 hours researching during Biology class 10-10-8: Cindy Zavala has added to page and made some coments on the discussion bar. 10-12-8- Lexi_Salazar began to plan presentation layout 10-14-8 Lexi_Salazar found effects of radiation on DNA 10-16-8 Lexi_Salazar continues research and marks useful information in __Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West__ 11-3-8 Group spent 30 minutes during chemistry class planning construction of board. 11-3-8- Lexi_Salazar lables important sites 11-6-8 - All group members work together in peace and prosperity. Elements of board are finalized and design is near completion. 1.5 hours 11-13-8 - Yet another 3 hours of working. . . [sigh]. ..

Group 4 Project Rubric
 * Rubric**
 * **Items that will be evaluated** ||= **Points Possible** || **Your Score** ||
 * Project title is appropriate and clear ||= 3 ||  ||
 * Research question/hypothesis is/are appropriate and clearly stated ||= 3 ||  ||
 * Methods/data collection is/are appropriate, accurate, and reliable ||= 5 ||  ||
 * Data are clearly presented, and thier significance is obvious or clearly stated ||= 5 ||  ||
 * Data analysis is clear and appropriate ||= 5 ||  ||
 * Conclusion is based on biology/ecology/physics/chemistry principles ||= 3 ||  ||
 * Conclusion is based on sound analysis ||= 3 ||  ||
 * Conclusion is clear and logical ||= 3 ||  ||
 * Poster is clearly constructed, logical, and easy to follow ||= 3 ||  ||
 * **Total Score** ||= **33** ||  ||