Radioactive contamination

FILE - A school bus arrives at Jana Elementary School on Oct. 17, 2022, in Florissant, Mo. Another round of testing found no harmful radioactive contamination at the Missouri elementary school, leaving school board members to wonder if there really is any risk at the now-shuttered school. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)

3rd investigation finds no contamination at Missouri school

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Another round of testing found no harmful radioactive contamination at a Missouri elementary school, leaving school board members to wonder if there really is any risk at the now-shuttered school.

FILE - This aerial photo shows Jana Elementary School, in the Hazelwood School District, on Oct. 17, 2022, in Florissant, Mo. Testing by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found no radioactive contamination at the Missouri school that was shut down in October amid fears that nuclear material from a contaminated creek nearby had made its way into the school, Corps officials said Wednesday, Nov. 9. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)

Corps finds no radioactive contamination at Missouri school

"Virtual school is not the answer," said mother Cheryl Lane, right, who leaves a Hazelwood School Board meeting with her two sons, Aaron, 9, left, and Andrew, 7, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, at the Hazelwood School District Learning Center in Florissant, Mo. The board announced elementary students will switch to virtual learning after radioactive waste was found at Jana Elementary School. "My kids have been virtual since the start of the school year and they are not learning," said Lane. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Inside testing done, soil sampling begins at Missouri school

Taisiia Kovaliova, 15, stands amongst the rubble of a playground in front of her house hit by a Russian missile in Mykolaiv, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. "I spent all my childhood and life at this courtyard, I already feel nostalgic. I went to this swing that stood it all" Taisiia said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Medical guidance sought after contamination closes school

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Some parents of children at Jana Elementary School in suburban St. Louis say they’ll seek medical testing and guidance from doctors about what to do next, after a privately-funded environmental study found radioactive contamination inside the school and on the playground.

Water flows in Coldwater Creek on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, behind a row of homes at Belcroft Drive and Old Halls Ferry Road in Missouri's St. Louis County. Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school, which sits in the flood plain of Coldwater Creek which was contaminated by nuclear waste from weapons production during World War II. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St.

FILE - In this July 9, 2014 file photo, a sign informs visitors of prohibited items on the Hanford Site near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy has confirmed that two underground structures at the decommissioned Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state have been stabilized after they were deemed at risk of collapsing and spreading radioactive contamination into the air. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Nuclear waste structures in Washington state are stabilized

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy has confirmed that two underground structures at the decommissioned Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state have been stabilized after they were deemed at risk of collapsing and spreading radioactive contamination into the air.

This Jan. 31, 2014, image released by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings shows the aerial view of the No. 3 reactor, with its roof blown off and shield plug (circle in the middle) exposed, in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. A draft investigation report into the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, adopted by Japanese nuclear regulators Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, says it has detected dangerously high levels of radioactive contamination at two of the three reactors, adding to concerns about decommissioning challenges.(Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings via AP)

Newly found Fukushima plant contamination may delay cleanup

TOKYO (AP) — A draft investigation report into the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, adopted by Japanese nuclear regulators Wednesday, says it has detected dangerously high levels of radioactive contamination at two of the three reactors, adding to concerns about decommissioning challenges.