FLORISSANT, Mo. (NEWSnet/AP) — There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis.

The report by Boston Chemical Data Corp. confirmed fears about contamination at Jana Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District raised by a previous Army Corps of Engineers study.

The school sits in the flood plain of Coldwater Creek, which was contaminated by nuclear waste from weapons production during World War II.

The waste was dumped at sites near the St. Louis Lambert International Airport, next to the creek that flows to the Missouri River. The Corps has been cleaning up the creek for more than 20 years.

The report also found contamination in that area but at much lower levels

The most recent report included samples taken from Jana Elementary's library, kitchen, classrooms, fields and playgrounds. 

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