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Employees at the site in South Carolina where the US used to construct nuclear weapons have discovered a radioactive wasp nest.

Workers Find Radioactive Wasp Nest at Nuclear Facility, But the Wasps Are Missing

By Victor Tangermann

Months after notifying government officials that its Minnesota-based nuclear plant had sprung a radioactive water leak, Xcel Energy has come publicly clean.

Nuclear Plant Admits It Accidentally Leaked 400,000 Gallons of Radioactive Water

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A truck containing literally 40 tons of government-sponsored nuclear waste recently made its way from Tennessee to California.

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Cursed Truck Hauls 80,000 Pounds of Radioactive Waste Cross Country

By Noor Al-Sibai

An elementary school in St. Louis had a rude awakening when scientists discovered grounds had "unacceptable" levels of radioactive contamination.

Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School

By Frank Landymore

Regulators just gave the Fukushima nuclear plant the green light to release over a million liters of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific ocean.

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Japan Approves Play to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

Nuclear fusion power, which is clean and basically limitless, could be just around the corner. Advancements made in recent weeks may actually tip the scale.

Experts Say Fusion Power Is Finally Starting to Look Imminent

By Lonnie Lee Hood

According to the Washington State Department of Ecology, a radioactive chemical storage tank is leaking massive amounts of nuclear waste into the ground.

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An Underground Tank Is Leaking Massive Amounts of Radioactive Waste

By Victor Tangermann

Radioactive waste may be leaking from a concrete-covered "coffin" in the Marshall Islands and into the Pacific Ocean, warns the UN's secretary general.

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UN: A “Radioactive Coffin” May Be Leaking Into the Ocean

By Kristin Houser

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Diamond Batteries Made of Nuclear Waste Can Generate Power For Thousands of Years

By Jess Vilvestre