A tank for storing radioactive waste is leaking in Washington: what is the threat
The US Department of Energy said that from an underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state, built during World War II, it looks like contaminated liquid is leaking into the ground. Writes about this APNews. This is the second reservoir from which waste is believed to flow ...
In the US, stolen radioactive plutonium, while special agents slept in the hotel
In 2017, the Idaho National Laboratory lost plutonium and radioactive cesium that could be used to make nuclear weapons. The US Department of Energy tried to "hush up" the incident, so the details of the theft became known only on July 16, 2018, writes TJournal. It turned out that two ...