At our public meeting tonight (September 18, 2024), we revealed the new sign that will be placed, with the property owner’s permission, on properties where low-level radioactive materials are known to exist. We expect the first signs won’t go up until mid- to late-November. Again, the signs will only be displayed with the property owner’s…
Read MoreNewly discovered records could help St. Louis-area nuclear weapons workers receive federal benefits
Amazing Job by Denise Brock! – Just Moms STL This could be life-saving for so many Missouri nuclear defense workers. Brava, Denise Brock! – STL Toxic Waste Alliance Author: Justina Coronel (KSDK) Published: 7:13 PM CDT September 5, 2024 Updated: 7:13 PM CDT September 5, 2024 Link to Video and Full News story. ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. —…
Read MoreNew questions raised about risks posed by West Lake Landfill
Radium in groundwater near West Lake Landfill in St. Louis County forces more testing
Cold Water Clean Up Article
In 1999 the Federal Government allowed Boy Scouts to adopt part of Cold Water Creek and clean it out. The Feds knew the creek was contaminated with Manhattan Project Radioactive Waste since 1949. It’s estimated the creek will not be cleaned until MAYBE 2038. That will be almost 100 years the Department of Energy has…
Read MoreAG Koster releases new expert reports concluding radiation and other pollutants have migrated off-site at Bridgeton Landfill, 09/03/2015
www.ago.mo.govMissouri Attorney General Chris Koster Data also indicates that underground fire has moved beyond the interceptor wells separating the North and South quarries — Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster released today new reports from expert witnesses in the case he is prosecuting against Republic Services, Inc. relating to the subsurface fire at the Bridgeton…
Read MoreWest Lake Landfill Vicinity, Radiological Survey & Sampling Interim Report, 01/2016
Missouri Department of Natural ResourcesJanuary 2016 West Lake Landfill Vicinity, Radiological Survey & Sampling Interim Report Rep. Otto Praises DNR’s efforts to Identify Landfill Contamination, Jan. 26, 2016
Read MoreUpdate Closure, Post-Closure and Submission of Corrective Action Plans and Financial Service, Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill… 03/16/2016
Missouri Department of Natural ResourcesSubmitted to: Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill, Republic Services, Inc. Update Closure, Post-Closure and Submission of Corrective Action Plans and Financial Service, Bridgeton Sanitary Landfill, Permit Number 0118912, St. Louis County
Read MoreEPA orders work to start on landfill barrier, 04/28/2016
KSDK.com The E.P.A. is ordering Republic Services to begin work on a barrier that will ensure an underground fire at the Bridgeton Landfill never reaches nuclear waste buried at the West Lake Landfill. http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/epa-orders-work-to-start-on-landfill-barrier/158404256
Read MoreEPA to Conduct Additional Sediment Sampling at the West Lake Landfill, 05/26/2016
EPAWest Lake Update In January, the Potentially Responsible Par- ties (PRPs) collected three sediment samples at the West Lake Landfill as part of additional characterization work for Area 1 and Area 2. EPA required two additional sediment samples to be collected in March in response to the large rain events that occurred in late Decem-…
Read MoreEPA – West Lake Update, 04/28/2016
Environmental Protection AgencyApril 28, 2016 EPA Reaches Agreement with Bridgton Landfill for Installation of Components of Isolation Barrier System West Lake Update, April 28, 2016
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