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Radioactive waste was found at an elementary school playground near a site where nuclear weapons were made in WWII
Jana Elementary School is located near Coldwater Creek, which was contaminated with nuclear waste i…
Kelsey Vlamis
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1 million tons of contaminated radioactive water still plagues Japan nearly a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Japan's Fukushima region has come a long way since 2011 when a massive tsunami damaged the nuclea…
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Chernobyl's nuclear fuel is smoldering. To prevent another accident, researchers are studying the site's radioactive lava.
In a lab, scientists recreated the lava produced by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. They hope to fi…
Aria Bendix
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Fighting near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant damaged a building housing radioactive waste and fresh fuel, watchdog photos show
IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said after last week's mission that the "physical integrity of the…
Jake Epstein
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An Australian mining company lost a radioactive device that emits high levels of radiation equal to receiving 10 X-rays in an hour and can cause skin burns and cancer: report
An Australian mining company reportedly lost radioactive material along the country's Great Norther…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Ukraine shares video it says proves Russian troops dug trenches in Chernobyl, disturbing radioactive soil
An undated video shared by Ukrainian military on Twitter shows dug-up soil in a forest a few miles …
Marianne Guenot
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Florida declares state of emergency as reservoir holding millions of gallons of radioactive wastewater 'could collapse' at any time
Residents ordered to evacuate over fears for the pond in the Tampa Bay area, which stores 500 milli…
Sophia Ankel
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Russian missiles struck a radioactive waste disposal site near Kyiv, say Ukrainian authorities
The extent of the radiation cannot be assessed until fighting in the area has ceased, Ukraine's Nuc…
Sophia Ankel
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Workers at Chernobyl site say Russian soldiers drove through the highly-radioactive 'Red Forest' with no protective gear
Two unnamed Ukrainian workers told Reuters that Russian soldiers drove armored vehicles through the…
Marianne Guenot
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Russian troops seize Chernobyl's remnants after a battle, risking Western efforts to contain one of the world's most radioactive sites
"Russian occupation forces are trying to seize the #Chornobyl_NPP," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Major publishers are refusing to offer a book deal to a 'radioactive' Trump, report says
One literary agent told Politico that any publisher seeking a Trump book would be signing up for "a…
Grace Panetta
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How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon
In the 50s and 60s, the US dreamed up ways to bring nuclear tech into everyday life — like bu…
Marianne Guenot
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Prices at Trump's NYC buildings have plummeted in the latest sign that his name is 'radioactive'
Properties in Trump Tower and other Trump-branded Manhattan buildings have lost a staggering 51% of…
Juliana Kaplan
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South Korea and China are unhappy with Japan's decision to release radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
China and South Korea, along with Japanese fishing unions and Weibo users, expressed concern that r…
Cheryl Teh
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Russia is testing a nuclear torpedo in the Arctic that has the power to trigger radioactive tsunamis off the US coast
Russia is deploying a nuclear torpedo to the Arctic that has the power to leave vast areas of coast…
Thomas Colson
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US honey still contains traces of the radioactive fallout of nuclear bomb testing in the '50s and '60s, study finds
Traces of radioactive cesium-137 act as a marker of "hot spots" of nuclear contamination, but they …
Marianne Guenot
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US backs Japan's plan to release radioactive water from Fukushima despite pushback from South Korea, China, and Russia
US climate envoy John Kerry has backed Japan's plan to release 1.2 million tons of radioactive wate…
Cheryl Teh
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Gordon Ramsay roasted a TikTok chef who made a 'radioactive' burger coated and stuffed with blue Takis
Ramsay called a TikTok cook a doughnut for frying a burger coated and stuffed with Takis chips. The…
Rachel Askinasi
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Growing numbers of wild boars, some of which are radioactive, are menacing major cities across the world
Growing numbers prompted the building of a wall between Denmark and Germany to secure Denmark's bil…