Research Documents

Manhattan Project Notebook (1942) : Document from the National Archives Notebook recording the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, December 2, 1942.

Madison, Illinois Site

Wall Street Journal Report: Wastelands: America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy – Dow Chemical Co., Madison Site

Madison, Illinois Site

Downtown Site – St. Louis Downtown Site (SLDS)

Wall Street Journal Report: Wastelands: America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy – St. Louis Downtown Site

MO.02-6 – MED Memorandum; Simons to the Officer in Charge; Subject: Shipment Security Survey at Mallinckrodt Chemical Works; February 15, 1945. Attachment: Exhibits A, B & C: Summaries of Shipments.

Five-Year Review Report Initial Five-Year Review Report for FUSRAP St. Louis Sites, St. Louis, Missouri – August 23, 2004

St. Louis Airport Storage Site (SLAPS)

Wall Street Journal Report: Wastelands: America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy – St. Louis Airport Site Vicinity Properties

Formerly Utilized MED/AEC Sites Remedial Action Program Radiological Survey of the St. Louis Airport Storage Site, St. Louis, Missouri – September 1979

Record of Decision for the North County Sites – 2005

Vicinity Property Sites

Wall Street Journal Report: Wastelands: America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy – Latty Ave.

Radiological Evaluation of Decontamination Debris Located at the Futura Chemical Company Facility (Latty Ave)

Weldon Spring

Wall Street Journal Report: Wastelands: America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy – Weldon Spring Chemical Company

Weldon Spring

Coldwater Creek

Coldwater Creek Facts – 2015 Health Maps

West Lake

Radiological Survey of the West Lake Landfill – 1982

Radioactive Material in the West Lake Landfill – U.S. Nuclear Regulartory Commission Report – 1988

Wall Street Journal Report: Wastelands: America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy -West Lake Landfill

Record of Decision – West Lake Landfill Site, Operable Unit 1 – 2008

Background Groundwater Quality, Review of 2012–14 Groundwater Data, and Potential Origin of Radium at the West Lake Landfill Site, St. Louis County Missouri – December 17, 2014

(Note: the USGS report appears to have been taken offline. It was previously available on EPA Region VII’s document page (Cached version). To access the report now, see the files tab of the West Lake Landfill Facebook page.