Saturday, June 15 Erin Brockovich’s team joined members of the community to discuss the West Lake Landfill where nuclear weapons waste lies uncontained while a subsurface landfill fire advances toward it. See more on our web pages. Here’s the view from the: Post Dispatch KSDK Fox 2 News
Read MoreLandfill Fire Moves North
MCE and Community Members Host Public Meeting: Republic Service’s Landfill Fire Mitigation System Fails St. Louis, MO – The Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) and community members near the problematic Republic Services landfill in Bridgeton held its second public meeting in two weeks. Thanks to Missouri’s Sunshine laws for public information access, MCE obtained…
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Instead of hope and hype, MCE looks at the history of the nuclear industry as the likely path for the future of SMRs, plagued by construction delays, cost overruns and cancellations. The $452 million grant from the Department of Energy that Toshiba Westinghouse has applied for will not come close to the final price tag…
Read MoreRadiation and Human Health
Scientific consensus finds there is no safe level of ionizing radiation. Meaning, the more ionizing radiation people are exposed to, the higher the risk for health problems. Less exposure to ionizing radiation means less risk. Institutions supporting this view include: The National Academy of Science Environmental Protection Agency National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements…
Read MoreNuclear Power in Missouri
MCE Appeals License Extension of Ameren Missouri’s Callaway 1 Nuclear Reactor Ameren recently received a 20-year license extension from the NRC, which extended the Callaway 1 nuclear operating license from 2024 to 2044. The NRC denied MCE’s challenge to stop the license extension. On April 23, 2015, MCE appealed the NRC’s license extension for Callaway 1 due to our…
Read MoreWest Lake Documents & Reports
The volume of documents and information related to the West Lake Landfill is large. MCE breaks it down for you below. Read the latest September 2018: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) released a Health Consultation regarding risk to public health from the odor emissions generated by the ongoing smoldering landfill fire that started…
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