/tags/weldon-spring Weldon Spring en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:21:02 GMT /news-briefs/2024-11-20/hawley-radiation-fund-compromise-cap-price U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said concerns about cost killed earlier efforts to renew a program for people exposed to radioactive waste. Hawley hopes a new compromise with a lower mandatory spending price tag will finally break through. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:21:02 GMT /news-briefs/2024-11-20/hawley-radiation-fund-compromise-cap-price Kate Grumke /health-science-environment/2024-10-15/first-nuclear-waste-committee-hearing-missouri-lawmakers-contamination Lawmakers formed a new committee to document the effects of radioactive waste in the St. Louis region and other Missouri sites and to search for policy solutions. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:28:08 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-10-15/first-nuclear-waste-committee-hearing-missouri-lawmakers-contamination Kate Grumke /government-politics-issues/2024-06-10/missouri-advocates-of-radiation-compensation-frustrated-over-congressional-stalemate An amendment to the annual defense spending bill fell along party lines in the House Rules Committee. The legislation would have added Missouri ZIP codes to the RECA program. Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-06-10/missouri-advocates-of-radiation-compensation-frustrated-over-congressional-stalemate Jason Rosenbaum, Kate Grumke, Will Bauer /health-science-environment/2023-10-29/weldon-spring-uranium-plant-contaminated-missouri-lakes-with-radioactive-waste Lakes and streams in August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area were contaminated with uranium from refining efforts in Weldon Spring. Sun, 29 Oct 2023 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-10-29/weldon-spring-uranium-plant-contaminated-missouri-lakes-with-radioactive-waste Allison Kite, Derek Kravitz, and Kelly Kauffman /government-politics-issues/2023-08-08/u-s-energy-secretary-says-government-is-taking-weldon-spring-radioactive-waste-site-seriously The U.S. Energy secretary was in the St. Louis area Tuesday to promote how federal dollars are being used in Missouri for energy efforts like battery plants and the weatherization of homes. Tue, 08 Aug 2023 23:53:35 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-08-08/u-s-energy-secretary-says-government-is-taking-weldon-spring-radioactive-waste-site-seriously Sarah Kellogg /government-politics-issues/2023-07-18/missouri-warned-feds-in-2021-contamination-of-st-charles-county-groundwater-isnt-improving The Department of Energy says it will evaluate alternative ideas to decontaminate the radioactive site and groundwater. Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:48:44 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-07-18/missouri-warned-feds-in-2021-contamination-of-st-charles-county-groundwater-isnt-improving Allison Kite /health-science-environment/2023-07-14/missouri-leaders-want-federal-government-to-pay-st-louisans-harmed-by-nuclear-contamination Nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region dates back to the 1940s. Documents show leaders of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, which processed uranium in St. Louis, knew of the contamination risks in 1949. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:05:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-07-14/missouri-leaders-want-federal-government-to-pay-st-louisans-harmed-by-nuclear-contamination Chad Davis