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They Dumped 200,000 of Cold War Radioactive Barrels Into the Atlantic: 35 Years Later, French Scientists Are Finally Tracking Them Down

They were dropped in secret, forgotten for decades, and now they’re back in the spotlight. More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste—some dating back to the early Cold War—were deliberately ...

Radioactive pollution still haunts Hunters Point in San Francisco

Last week, residents were informed by the San Francisco Department of Health that a test taken in November 2024 at the former ...
New York Post

Radioactive wasp nest found at American Cold War-era nuclear bomb site

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...
CBS News

Radioactive wasp nest found at South Carolina site where U.S. once made nuclear bombs

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...
Yahoo

Cryogenic sensor reads atomic decay in days, could reshape nuclear safety and care

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have unveiled a groundbreaking method for rapidly detecting and measuring radioactivity in minuscule samples. The technique, ...