This week in the magazine, Peter Hessler writes about Uravan, a once-booming uranium-mining town in southwestern Colorado, which was eventually destroyed and buried because of fears of radiation. (Subscribers can read the full text; others can buy access to the issue via the digital edition.) In this video, Hessler talks about his visit to the former site of the town. Pictures and video by Benjamin Lowy.
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