ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to install what could end up being scores of signs sometime in November across north St. Louis County to warn people about the dangers of disturbing soil atop low-level radioactive waste from America’s World War II atomic bomb project.
Col. Andy Pannier, the engineer and commander for the St. Louis District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced the new signage during a virtual outreach meeting Wednesday night with residents in north St. Louis County concerned about FUSRAP – Formerly Utilized Remedial Action Program
Pannier’s announcement was accompanied by a corps statement indicating the first signs won’t go up until “mid- to late-November” and that the signs “will only be displayed with property owner’s concurrence.”
A facsimile of the sign, released Wednesday, contains this warning: “Attention. DO NOT DIG. Low-level radioactive materials present. No health risk if ground is left undisturbed.”
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