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Nuclear Accident

11/27/2017 / By JD Heyes

Nuclear accident cover-up in Russia: Toxic cloud spreads across Europe

After the Russian government initially denied any knowledge there had been a nuclear accident in the country, Moscow is now backtracking with officials saying they’ve discovered “extremely high” concentrations of a radioactive isotope in parts of the country. The acknowledgment comes amid reports that there had been a nuclear accident in Russia during the month of […]

10/12/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Radioactive material from Fukushima discovered in the sand and groundwater beneath the beach, releasing cesium into the ocean

A new study that was published on Monday, October 2 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that scientists were able to discover a place where radioactive material from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant mishap had gravitated to – in sands and brackish groundwater near beaches that reached up to 60 […]

03/20/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Nuclear engineer says Fukushima is “as close to hell as I can imagine,” contamination will linger for decades

The devastation imparted by the Fukushima meltdown in 2011 is still in effect, and it’s likely that the radiation from the nuclear power plant will be in our environment for a very long time. Recent reports have indicated that the level of radiation at the disaster site is still unbelievably high, such that cleaning up […]

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