The Nuclear Waste Adventure Trail

A sign details the rules for visitors who choose to climb the Weldon Spring disposal cell. (Photo courtesy the Center for Land Use Interpretation)

A view of the top of the Nuclear Waste Adventure trail. (Photo by Mark Schuver)

The uranium plant that used to be where the Weldon Spring disposal cell is now. Those buildings and much of what was in them, are now inside the disposal cell. (US Dept. of Energy)

Placing contaminated waste in the Weldon Spring disposal cell before it was capped and sealed shut. (US Dept. of Energy)

The Weldon Spring Disposal cell during its construction.(US Dept. of Energy)

The completed hazardous waste disposal cell covers 45 acres. (US Dept. of Energy)

A prairie now surrounds the Weldon Spring disposal cell in Missiouri. (US Dept. of Energy)

The Nuclear Waste Adventure trail in Weldon, Missouri. (Photo by Mark Schuver)