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social science subjects > business and management > business ethics > cases in business ethics > Rocky Flats
social science subjects > business and management > business ethics > corporations and the environment > Rocky Flats

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Rocky Flats  

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  • Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant (Rocky Flats) in Jefferson County, Colorado, was a nuclear weapons production site. From 1952 to 1989, Rockwell International produced plutonium triggers for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for nuclear weapons. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Rocky Flats]

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