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Soil around Fukushima site remains contaminated with dangerous radioactive waste

2015-04-19 01:16:47| Waste Management - Topix.net

The soil surrounding the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains contaminated with radioactive cesium, with a high risk that those atoms could transfer to food crops, suggests a study conducted by researchers from Kyoto Prefectural University and published in the Journal of Environmental Quality . The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan triggered multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima plant, causing the plant to eject a radioactive plume into the atmosphere that spread across Japan's countryside and the northern hemisphere.

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Utah stepping closer to taking 250 tons of radioactive waste A -- forever

2015-04-12 15:32:14| Waste Management - Topix.net

The Salt Lake Tribune) David Squires, general manager of Clive Operations for EnergySolutions, stands next to an area ready to accept large quantities of depleted uranium. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is finalizing its regulation for how this waste will be processed.

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