Rio
Blanco
Project Rio Blanco, located 52 miles north of Grand Junction, Colorado, was an effort by the US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)to access the commercial feasibility of nuclear explosions to extract natural gas on May 17, 1973 in an underground detonation under the Plowshare Program, which was part of Atoms for Peace. Workers from Rio Blanco are eligible for Part B and Part E claims.
DOE
DOE Legacy Management has information on Project Rio Blanco and a fact sheet. Environmental Management also has information on Rio Blanco.
DOL
DEEOIC has Rio Blanco statistics and a Site Exposure Matrix.
NIOSH
NIOSH has done several dose reconstructions on Project Rio Blanco workers. NIOSH does not have any technical basis documents for the Rio Blanco site and no Special Exposure Cohort has been filed.
Other
Wikipedia has an article on the Rio Blanco nuclear test.
