Trains could carry radioactive waste from Westlake Landfill though St. Charles County

 

Posted: Nov 03, 2015 5:15 PM CST Updated: Nov 03, 2015 5:39 PM CST 

By JJ Bailey, Online News Producer

 

ST. PETERS, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Residents in St. Charles County are familiar with seeing trains. Locomotives roll through the county several times a day, but a topic under discussion involving the Westlake Landfill has some on edge.

If a decision is made to remove radioactive waste from Westlake, railways could end up transporting it. A derailment is always a risk near any set of tracks, but if train carrying radioactive waste is the one that derails, it could be a catastrophe.

“Basically, what we want is to have the trains run at a slower speed coming through the towns,” said St. Peters Alderman Rock Reitmeyer. “We don't want to see any accidents coming through our area and dropping all this waste. It could have a hazardous effect.”

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