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November 18, 2014

Trace amounts of radiation detected along U.S. West Coast
Eureka, Calif. (UPI) Nov 14, 2014
As scientists have been predicting for months, trace amounts of radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster have finally arrived on the shores of the United States. "Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found the trace amounts of telltale radioactive compounds as part of their ongoing monitoring of natural and human sources of radioactivity in the ocean," the research organization confirmed in a press release. The sample tested by WHOI researchers was coll ... read more

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France and South Africa sign nuclear energy agreement

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S.Africa to ink nuclear pact with France

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EU approves UK's first nuclear plant for a generation

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Sweden's Social Democrats and Greens agree on nuclear freeze

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AREVA wins additional contract from the US DoE for the development of Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel

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