“It cannot explode, like a nuclear bomb,” said the ... known location of radioactive contamination. Bridgeton Landfill’s parent company, the waste business Republic Services, has spent ...

BRIDGETON, Mo.—Dawn Chapman can put up with the noxious smell caused by smoldering trash in a landfill near her suburban St. Louis home. But if the burning creeps close to buried nuclear waste ...

BRIDGETON, Mo. — The fight to clean ... it could flood and spread the uncovered radioactive waste. "So, then it was shipped over here to the West Lake Landfill in the late 70s, put it ...

LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Missouri officials are ... asked that the EPA assume oversight of the Bridgeton Landfill, arguing it may contain nuclear waste like the adjacent West Lake Landfill.

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Imagine you are a parent, and that out of the blue, you get a letter from your child's school telling you not to worry — that they're ready to evacuate or shelter in place if an underground fire ...

A no trespassing sign hangs on a fence around the West Lake Landfill Superfund site on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Bridgeton, Mo. Federal officials plan to remove some of the hazardous leached ...

BRIDGETON, Mo.BRIDGETON, Mo ... something that has ever been encountered before. They’ve had landfill fires and nuclear waste, but never in such close proximity.” ...