The Waste Control Specialists hazardous waste facility in Andrews County near the Texas-New Mexico border. A bill advancing in the House seeks to ban high-level radioactive waste from being stored in ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A sign warns people not to dig because of radioactive materials in the sediment, as contractors with the Army Corps of Engineers ...

JEFFERSON CITY — House lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday on a resolution supporting federal compensation for residents exposed to radioactive materials as a result of the St. Louis region’s role in ...

ST. LOUIS — Missouri lawmakers will convene a special committee to study the consequences of nuclear weapons production in the St. Louis area and recommend legislation for next year, House Speaker ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Advocates for cleaning up nuclear waste in the St. Louis area are wondering what is next after the Missouri House approved a bill for a radioactive waste investigation fund.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Wednesday passed a bill banning the importation of radioactive waste for disposal in the United States. The move was prompted by a Salt Lake City company's plan to ...

On the grey-green desert basin at Yucca Flat, Nev., some 1,500 G.I.s and technical observers huddled face down in deep, narrow trenches. If they were tense and nervous, they had reason. Never before ...