On the 10th anniversary of the cleanup of Rocky Flats, arguments against the safety of the national wildlife refuge that will open on much of the site in two years seem slightly surreal.
Testing by state and federal officials for plutonium residue at the former nuclear trigger-making site have consistently shown, for decades, negligible safety risk. But it doesn’t matter, noted recently. Long-standing critics, and some new ones too, insist that the site is not ready for public access.
It is. And the bipartisan idea to turn 5,000 acres at the site into a wildlife refuge with eventual public access, launched 15 years ago, remains a great idea.
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