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Korea must start building new permanent storage facilities for high-level radioactive waste as the current temporary storage at nuclear power plants will begin reaching saturation point in 2028, according to scholars and industry experts, Thursday. ....
TOKYO: An estimated 5,500 liters of radioactive water leaked from Japan s stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but no sign of contamination has been detected outside the facility, its operator said on Thursday. ....
A group of residents of towns near Japanese nuclear plants submitted a petition, Friday, asking regulators to halt safety screening for the restart of idled reactors until damage to a plant that partially lost external power and spilled radioactive water during a recent powerful earthquake is fully examined. ....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that an estimated 1 in 15 homes in the country have high radon levels. The agency also warns that high radon levels can be a risk across the entire nation and that radon is the leading cause of lung cancer deaths among nonsmokers, claiming the lives of about 21,000 Americans each year., , , , Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is released in rock, soil, and water. In homes and buildings, it can accumulate to dangerous leve. ....