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New study delves into issues relating to soils around Maralinga region,  https://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/story/7262167/study-shows-radioactive-particles-from-nuclear-testing-persist-at-maralinga, Luca Cetta,   A new study has highlighted the first international standards needed to safeguard against contamination from nuclear testing, and a Kokatha Elder says the impact of nuclear testing at Maralinga cannot be forgotten. More than 100 kilograms of highly toxic uranium and...

© Cosmos Magazine A nuclear test in Nevada, US. Australia hosted a number of nuclear tests, particularly from the British at Maralinga.In the 1950s and 60s, hundreds of nuclear tests were carried out at Maralinga in western South Australia, releasing radioactive plutonium and uranium particles that can still be detected in the area today. A study from Monash University in Melbourne has now examined plutonium particles from the blasts to find theyre more complicated than initially thought. Th...

Plutonium ”hot particles” are not as stable as we assumed. Research on contaminated landscape around Maralinga in outback South Australia. We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium  https://theconversation.com/we-sliced-open-radioactive-particles-from-soil-in-south-australia-and-found-they-may-be-leaking-plutonium-161277 Joel Brugger, Professor of Synchrotron Geosciences, Monash University May 21, 2021 Almost 60 years aft...

Monash University Australian scientists pave the way to the first International standards needed to safeguard against contamination from nuclear testing More than 100kg of highly toxic uranium (U) and plutonium (Pu) was dispersed in the form of tiny ‘hot’ radioactive particles after the British detonated nine atomic bombs in remote areas of South Australia, including Maralinga. Scientists have new evidence to show these radioactive particles persist in soils to this day, more than 60 years ...