[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: "An inside look at radioactive waste testing underneath homes in north St. Louis County, " MO

[Lenny Siegel]

An inside look at radioactive waste testing underneath homes in north St. Louis County
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is sampling its third house this week in a Florissant subdivision.

By Justina Coronel 
KSDK TV-5 News (St. Louis, MO)
March 12, 2024

FLORISSANT, Mo. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is sampling its third house this week in the Cades Cove subdivision in Florissant, along Coldwater Creek.

Under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is cleaning sites with contamination from the nation’s early atomic energy program. Coldwater Creek was contaminated by radioactive material from the first atomic bomb, after improper storage of the material.

FUSRAP's Senior Lead Engineer Robin Parks has been with the USACE for 32 years and specifically with FUSRAP since 1998-1999.

Parks said the agency has been sampling and investigating in and around the 14-mile Coldwater Creek since 2014.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/special-reports/radioactive/radioactive-waste-testing-underneath-homes-north-st-louis-county/63-5bf6c23b-0312-45dc-964c-7680d2066ef1

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Lenny Siegel
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