A fire is smoldering beneath a landfill in a densely populated suburb of St. Louis — and it has been there for five years.
Underground landfill fires, or "smoldering events" as some officials call them, aren't rare. What makes the fire at the landfill in Bridgeton, Mo., so unusual is that it's less than a quarter of a mile from a large deposit of nuclear waste — with no barrier in its way.
The radioactive legacy of St. Louis' role in the World War II atomic weapons program has unleashed Cold War-style nuclear paranoia in the area, as some residents debate what kind of gas masks to buy or whether to move away.
Corporate, federal and state officials don't agree on what kind of threat West Lake Landfill poses to residents, or even if it poses a threat at all. Various scientists and officials have presented clashing stories to the public about whether the underground fire is moving and what might happen if it reaches the nuclear waste.
There might be a dangerous radioactive plume that forces residents to take shelter indoors or evacuate, St. Louis County emergency officials say.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nuclear-fire-20151020-story.html
THE DOUBLE TALK BY DEMOCRATS TO SAFE GUARD AMERICANS FROM STORING FUEL RODS AT CLOSED NUCLEAR FACILITY–YET PREVENTS THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN NUCLEAR WASTE LONG TERM STOREAGE AS LEGISLATED MULTIPLE TIMES BY CONGRESS SINCE 1982, 1987, 2002 AND NOW FINISHED CONSTRUCTION OF AND NOW BLOCKED AND SITS IDLE BY THE SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) AND THE DEMOCRAT POTUS BHO SINCE 2010 BY THE SAME THEN NRC APPOINTED CHAIRMAN JACZKO FROM HARRY REID–SO NOW THE SAME NRC ALLOWS STORAGE OF NUCLEAR WASTE AT THE LOCAL NUCLEAR SITES WHILE FINING THEM WITH MONIES PAYED BY YOU FROM YOUR ELECTRICY BILL–ALL THIS MONEY RAISED FROM CONSUMER TO PAY FOR THE SAFE STORAGE OF SPENT FUEL SINCE 1982 HAS ONLY PAID THE LAWSUIT ENSUED TO THE TUNE OF $2 BILLION
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