Judge: Groups Fail To Show Radioactive Materials Pose Irreparable Harm

( September 10, 2024, 2:42 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied declaratory and injunctive relief to advocates for public health and environmental groups that sought to stop construction of an 8-mile recreational trail through a portion of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge that is contaminated with plutonium from the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. The judge ruled that the plaintiffs “do not come close to establishing irreparable harm.”...