Workers Exhibit
More than 160 guests attended the unveiling of a workers exhibit at Weldon Spring Site, Missouri, on Sunday, May 28. Many of the guests once worked as uranium processors or in remediation.

A new exhibit at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center in St. Charles, Missouri, was unveiled May 28 and honors former uranium processing and remediation workers in the St. Louis region.

The exhibit celebrates former uranium processing workers in St. Louis and Weldon Spring and workers who were involved in the Weldon Spring Remedial Action Project.

LM Education, Communication, History, and Outreach Supervisor David Von Behren expressed his appreciation for the former plant workers and his excitement for the new exhibit installation.

“We are excited to announce the new interpretive exhibit honoring the former workers of St. Louis and Weldon Spring uranium workers is now open to the public,” he said. “DOE remains committed to honoring their important contributions and the sacrifices they have made.”

The exhibit includes information on the creation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act and local community contributors, a memorabilia cabinet, and site-related historical information.  A book of names of the Mallinckrodt employees who previously worked at the site and downtown is displayed in the auditorium.

“This exhibit is an important part of the history of St. Louis and the Weldon Spring Site,” LM Site Manager Rebecca Roberts said. “We are eager for visitors to see this new piece of the interpretive center, and we are proud to honor these workers.”

The 228-acre Weldon Spring Site sits about 30 miles west of St. Louis. The interpretive center communicates site history, cleanup activities, current conditions, and is an important component to the area school curriculum in teaching STEM subjects. The area is frequented by school groups, bird watchers, native-plant enthusiasts, hikers, mountain bikers, and others.

The 150-acre native prairie is rich with wildflowers, grasses, and wildlife. LM manages the Weldon Spring Site to ensure continued protectiveness of the site’s environmental remediation. LM samples an extensive groundwater and surface water monitoring network, continues ecological restoration efforts, and makes information available to the public in the site’s interpretive center through virtual and in-person programming, and on its website.

Visitors can experience the new indoor, multi-element exhibit Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.