Do chemicals from nuclear reprocessing waste remain radioactive? Are they flammable?

I'm writing a story about a town whose residents all work at a nuclear reprocessing site. Some teenagers begin to hang out near a small body of water close to the site that they call "the swamp". The swamp, unknown to them, is actually chemical waste from the site.

I know this is all very far fetched, so far, but hear me out. I'm wondering what the makeup of this chemical waste could be? And if so, would it be flammable? I'm thinking the waste would probably have a bit of plutonium and uranium in it, but I'm not very science oriented so I'm not sure. Any info would be very helpful!

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