The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues cleanup along Coldwater Creek, hauling truckloads of dirt with traces of radioactive waste from along the bank. Video by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch.com
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FLORISSANT 鈥 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors have removed 301 truckloads of radioactive dirt from the western bank of Coldwater Creek near Jana Elementary School since July, officials said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers removes soil contaminated with radioactive waste from the banks of Coldwater Creek, bottom, that runs next to Jana Elementary School, top, in Florissant on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The school has been closed since last year when a private testing firm said it found elevated levels of radiation in the school.
Caleb Hansen, a radiation protection tech, tests a cloth he used to wipe down a dump truck carrying away soil contaminated with radioactive waste from the banks of Coldwater Creek near Jana Elementary School in Florissant on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.
Dawn Chapman of environmental advocacy group Just Moms STL confronts Col. Kevin Golinghorst, 最新杏吧原创 District commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, following a Hazelwood School District board meeting where the Corps presented preliminary testing findings and declared Jana Elementary to be safe, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.
Jules Teasley, 82, says he wishes the government would test residential areas near Jana Elementary School in Florissant. Teasley joked on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, that if there is any radioactive waste in his yard he hopes the moles that are digging holes in his rose garden will eat the radiation and die.
A machine operator puts personal protective equipment on his feet before he enters the site where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are removing soil contaminated with radioactive waste from the banks of Coldwater Creek that runs next to Jana Elementary School on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.
The sign from in front of Jana Elementary School in Florissant was recently removed leaving only the footings and bolts on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The school has been closed since last year when a private testing firm said they found elevated levels of radiation in the school.聽
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers removes soil contaminated with radioactive waste from the banks of Coldwater Creek, bottom, that runs next to Jana Elementary School, top, in Florissant on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The school has been closed since last year when a private testing firm said it found elevated levels of radiation in the school.
A machine operator puts personal protective equipment on his feet before he enters the site where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are removing soil contaminated with radioactive waste from the banks of Coldwater Creek that runs next to Jana Elementary School on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.
Jules Teasley, 82, says he wishes the government would test residential areas near Jana Elementary School in Florissant. Teasley joked on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, that if there is any radioactive waste in his yard he hopes the moles that are digging holes in his rose garden will eat the radiation and die.
Caleb Hansen, a radiation protection tech, tests a cloth he used to wipe down a dump truck carrying away soil contaminated with radioactive waste from the banks of Coldwater Creek near Jana Elementary School in Florissant on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.
Dawn Chapman of environmental advocacy group Just Moms STL confronts Col. Kevin Golinghorst, 最新杏吧原创 District commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, following a Hazelwood School District board meeting where the Corps presented preliminary testing findings and declared Jana Elementary to be safe, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022.
The sign from in front of Jana Elementary School in Florissant was recently removed leaving only the footings and bolts on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The school has been closed since last year when a private testing firm said they found elevated levels of radiation in the school.聽
