nuclear waste

The legislation also removes the cap on how much can be spent on an investigation.

The university has begun construction on “MURR West,” a $20 million, three-story addition to the existing MURR North building.

Lawmakers formed a new committee to document the effects of radioactive waste in the St. Louis region and other Missouri sites and to search for policy solutions.

The landfill contains thousands of tons of nuclear waste and byproducts from World War II-era atomic bomb development efforts.

Legislation to expand and extend the fund already passed the Senate in early March in a bipartisan 69-30 vote.

St. Louis County health officials say they will hire researchers to study illness rates among residents near a creek that was contaminated decades ago by…