In 1942, the U.S. government chose downtown St. Louis as a processing center of uranium for the first atomic bombs. Over the next 25 years, the radioactive waste from this processing center was moved to sites throughout the city’s northern and western suburbs, and eventually dumped into the West Lake Landfill in North St. Louis County. But until recently, many residents living near the landfill were unaware the waste had become a ticking time bomb. Directed by Rebecca Cammisa (the Oscar®-nominated HBO documentaries “God Is the Bigger Elvis” and “Which Way Home”), the devastating documentary ATOMIC HOMEFRONT exposes the lasting toxic effects nuclear waste can have on communities when it debuts MONDAY, FEB. 12 (8:00-9:40 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO.