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They didn't know their backyard creek carried nuclear waste. Now, they're dying of cancer.
Uranium produced in St. Louis was used for the secretive Manhattan Project. Leftover waste was dumped around the city.
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Rosatom Green-Lights Myanmar Nuclear Plant in Quake-Devasted Naypyitaw
Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) is pressing on with its plan to build a nuclear power plant in Naypyitaw, despite the partial destruction of the city during the March 28 earthquake.
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US reviving WWII airbase that launched nuclear bombs on Japan sparks local concern
A former airbase used by the United States in World War II to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki is ...
Pacific airfield that set stage for atomic bombing of Japan set for revival
The tiny Pacific island of Tinian was once used to cause the most devastating blast in human history. Now its 80-year-old ...
Russia's Rosatom says will proceed with Myanmar nuclear plant despite quake
A plan to build a nuclear power plant will continue in Myanmar, a war-torn Southeast Asian country partly devastated by a ...