Happening Now--Radioactive Landfill in St.Louis, MO Ablaze. Residents Worried

Ruh roh!

I wonder if Fuku rad's are causing nuclear reactions nationwide ? Seems awfully active lately.

I'm not sure if it's scientific to say that those "rads" cause "reactions," but it's possible this landfill burst into flame for other reasons and that the nuclear waste could be exposed.

A lady on my twitter was ranting about this a couple weeks ago, she lives in the area. Shared this link.

[link to www.rollingstone.com]

Well at least it's in Bridgeton.

This smacks of the Pathology of the Psychopath/Sociopath.

Heinous crimes committed, then hidden and (hopefully) not discovered until the Psychopath/Sociopath has covered their tracks and disappeared.

???
That was weird...
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Something glitched...

Anyway...

This smacks of the pathology of the Psychopath/Sociopath.

Commit heinous crimes, bury the evidence, then (hope) that it doesn't get discovered until you have covered your tracks and traces.

Leaving the Simpleton, and the Moran to pick up the pieces?

The Bridgeton Landfill Fire

In December 2010 a subterranean fire was detected in the Bridgeton Sanitary landfill, the same site as the West Lake Landfill, the Superfund site containing radioactive wastes, near the intersection of Interstate 270 and Interstate 70 off St. Charles Rock Road in St. Louis County. The site is owned by Republic Services. The underground fire, or "subsurface smoldering event" has generated attention since last fall because it is causing an obnoxious odor that is impacting communities as far as three miles away. The Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) has recorded rising temperatures due to the underground fire just 1,200 feet away from the radioactive wastes. After our prodding in January because of the odors and health concerns, DNR began air testing at the site and in the community. The agency has been diligent about posting its data and reports on its website at [link to www.dnr.mo.gov] Air testing has shown increased levels of benzene, a known carcinogen and hydrogen sulfide, a neurotoxin. Testing for other toxic compounds like furans and dioxins was set to begin the week of April 15th. The DNR has not indicated when the first results will be available.

..In 1973, radioactive wastes, originated in St. Louis for The Manhattan Project, were illegally dumped in the Missouri River floodplain in the City of Bridgeton at a site called West Lake Landfill. The radioactive wastes will be toxic for billions of years, too long to leave near a flood prone river. The site contains no protective barrier separating the radioactive wastes from groundwater. Groundwater naturally moves towards the Missouri River at West Lake Landfill, which is located 8 river miles upstream from where over 300,000 north St. Louis County residents receive their drinking water. Studies show that radioactive materials are mixing with the groundwater.

Since 1990, the site has been under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a Superfund. Not a single ounce of contaminated materials has been removed. While the EPA has been slow to take action on the radioactive wastes in the floodplain, the Army Corps’ of Engineers has removed 1,083,500 cubic yards of radioactive wastes from other contaminated sites in St. Louis City and County. The radioactive wastes being dug up and shipped out of St. Louis to a licensed facility by the Corps’ are the same wastes not being dug up and shipped out of St. Louis by the EPA. Removal of the wastes at West Lake Landfill is long overdue!

[link to www.moenviron.org]

yeppp

Nice find.

I live in a nearby town, and the local news reports on this from time to time, but it's almost like a curiosity thing. They'll interview someone who's worried about it, then back onto the Kardashians, Lindsey Lohan, and Justin Bieber.

here's another good read re: the origins of the waste..

[link to www.andrewtheising.com]

Dating back to the beginning of the Atomic Age, 2.5 million cubic yards of radioactive wastes have been dispersed through out the St. Louis and Metro-East areas. Local concerns regarding potential health and environmental risks have led several federal and state agencies to remediate contaminated sites. Interestingly, while the focus of the local community is on the clean up efforts and compensation for the area’s former atomic workers, the entire story behind the generation of these wastes seems to have been forgotten.

Very true. I've been watching this thing for years now and the way its been handled is very curious. The residents are the ones that keep pushing to try and keep this in the news very aware of the issues with it concerning the placement of the landfill adjacent. The suspicion is that some of it is leaking. In the years this stuff was transferred cross country by railway into the area they did not contain it like they do now.

I dont understand why they are acting like it is news that this is from the manhatten project? The city I grew up in not only knew what it was but you could sit and watch the railines around 3am and see it come through.

"The source of the smoke seen Sunday morning is unknown at this time. "

I'm SOOOO SICK of hearing this as the answer for EVERYTHING.

Unknown.
Scientists are baffled.
Not sure what caused this.
It is unclear.
Officals are uncertain.
It is a mystery.

We never get any fucking answers, EVER. Pisses me off.

Scientists are always baffled. They change their answers to scientific questions more than I change my socks (which is about once every three days since I have febreeze).

But since science is always right, I will trust these retards and morans who usurp the name of science to legitimize themselves. All hail the arbiters of truth - scientists and their progressive eugenicist elitist agendas!

Hahaha, exactly. If I was a scientist, one would think I could immediately spout of some possibilities as the cause for any given situation at hand. These guys? No.

Why are there dead animals washing up all over the coast? I don't know. I am a scientist and I have no fucking idea, nor can I even hypothesize.

Pisses me the fuck off.

"Concern has grown about that fire over recent years..."

what do you do, laugh or cry?

Please motherfucker please!!!
THERE IS OTHER SOURCES OF RADIOACTIVITY THAN FUKUCHIMA!!

Yeah. Like IKEA?!?!?

[link to www.dnr.mo.gov]

Today -- The department received reports of flames and smoke in the southwest corner of Bridgeton Landfill on Sunday morning, due to a broken methane gas pipe. The fire has been extinguished and Republic Services is conducting repairs and cleanup. Local responders and department staff are on site. At this point no increased emissions have been detected from AreaRae monitors or handheld monitoring devices. The department has instructed Republic Services to continue to update the department and to keep the public informed with regular updates to their website at www.bridgetonlandfill.com.
- Feb. 14, 2014 -- Bridgeton Landfill staff informed the department they continue working to enhance the leachate conveyance system to accommodate the future pre-treatment plant operations. Bridgeton Landfill staff also noted they have nearly completed construction of the last of the four 1 million gallon tanks (Tank 1). With below normal temperatures again this week, Bridgeton Landfill technicians continued work to maintain weather sensitive landfill infrastructure components moved above ground due to the subsurface smoldering event in the South Quarry.
- Feb. 10, 2014 - Potential for Odors - On Feb. 9, Bridgeton Landfill staff notified the department that the facility had a malfunctioning leachate extraction pump and that a toe drain used for leachate collection overflowed into the stormwater collection system. Bridgeton Landfill staff advised that the leachate did not reach the stormwater basin located across Old St. Charles Rock Road from the landfill. Department staff collected samples of the leachate for laboratory analysis. Bridgeton Landfill staff indicated their spill clean-up efforts continue. During clean-up activities, the potential for odors exists.

[earlier date info in link]

Jan. 18, 2014 -- The Pattonville Fire Protection District notified the department early this morning of elevated odors near Bridgeton Landfill. The department contacted Bridgeton Landfill to determine the source of the odors. Bridgeton staff advised they were experiencing mechanical difficulties with the flare system, technicians were at the facility working on the flares, one of the flares was brought back on line quickly and the other two have since been returned to full operational status.


** Leachate [link to en.wikipedia.org]
Leachate is any liquid that in passing through matter, extracts solutes, suspended solids or any other component of the material through which it has passed.
Leachate is a widely used term in the environmental sciences where it has the specific meaning of a liquid that has dissolved or entrained environmentally harmful substances which may then enter the environment. It is most commonly used in the context of land-filling of putrescible or industrial waste.
In the narrow environmental context leachate is therefore any liquid material that drains from land or stockpiled material and contains significantly elevated concentrations of undesirable material derived from the material that it has passed through.


xxxK

lol i shouldve known.

:dog1:
Fire Science Experts in the house?
What is the average mean temps and rate of cooling of the fire?
Can anyone deduce the ascent and descending dispersal of materials?

Doesn't sound good

Erin Brockovich, where are you? St. Louis needs you!

Erin is supposed to have already been here to see what's up.