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Rise in wildfires may resurrect Chernobyl's radiation

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Rise in wildfires may resurrect Chernobyl's radiation

Climate change may help spur fires that could release radioactive elements locked in contaminated forest soils and allow them to spread over Europe

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Iran nuke deal blocked after key inspections refused

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Iran nuke deal blocked after key inspections refused

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Threatwatch: Iran deal allows first total uranium count

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Threatwatch: Iran deal allows first total uranium count

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Secret clean-up secures weapons-grade plutonium dump

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Secret clean-up secures weapons-grade plutonium dump

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North Korea nuclear threats: how worried should we be?

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North Korea nuclear threats: how worried should we be?

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Plutonium tests offer hope for dark space missions

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Plutonium tests offer hope for dark space missions

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US nuclear dump is leaking toxic waste

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US nuclear dump is leaking toxic waste

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Threatwatch: What the North Korean nuclear test means

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Threatwatch: What the North Korean nuclear test means

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Space fuel crisis: NASA confronts the plutonium pinch

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Space fuel crisis: NASA confronts the plutonium pinch

The cold war plutonium reserves that fuel NASA's deep space probes are running low. How will we power our way to the outer solar system in future?

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Was Yasser Arafat killed by radioactive polonium-210?

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Plutonium signature captured after 50 years of trying

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Fukushima's radioactive sea contamination lingers

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Scour Earth for traces of intelligent aliens

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