National Radium Institute
| Company type | Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Chemical industry, Mining |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Founder | Howard Atwood Kelly, James Douglas, US Bureau of Mines |
| Defunct | 1920-01-20 |
| Headquarters | Denver , United States |
Area served | United States |
| Products | Radium |
The National Radium Institute (NRI) was established in 1913 with the goal of obtaining radium from domestic US deposits for use in cancer treatment and potential industrial purposes, while also focusing on improving extraction techniques. Based in Denver, Colorado, this enterprise was formed through a collaboration between Dr. Howard Atwood Kelly of Johns Hopkins University, mining leader and philanthropist James Douglas (businessman), and the US Bureau of Mines.
The main radium production facility operated by NRI in Denver shut down in April 1917. The company was formally dissolved in Delaware by late 1919 and in Colorado on January 20, 1920. Over the following years, the institute's properties underwent several changes in ownership and function. Ultimately, the last two structures were torn down in 1988 due to extensive radiological hazards.
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