[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, RADIATION: "Army Corps will start demo on homes near Coldwater Creek [MO] built on top of radioactive contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Corps will start demo on homes near Coldwater Creek built on top of radioactive contamination

By Kate Grumke
St. Louis Public Radio
February 6, 2026 

he U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will demolish six homes in Florissant in order to reach and clean up contaminated soil below their foundations starting Monday.

The homes are next to Coldwater Creek, parts of which are contaminated with radioactive waste from World War II-era efforts to build the nuclear bomb. The Corps will tear down the homes on Cades Cove one at a time over the course of about a month.

“We are dedicated to completing this work as safely and efficiently as possible, so that the community can move forward and thrive in a clean and safe environment,” Col. Andy Pannier, commander of the St. Louis District, said in a statement Friday.

This is the first time the Army Corps’ program for atomic energy waste has had to relocate residents to remediate soils, according to St. Louis-area spokesperson Jeremy Idleman. The homeowners were compensated, but Idleman would not say what they received.


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For the entire story, see
https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2026-02-06/army-corps-demolish-homes-coldwater-creek-florissant-radioactive-contamination

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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