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Oct. 3 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered a surprising new source of radioactive cesium some 60 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant that was damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A team of ...

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A leak of contaminated water has been discovered from a pipe connected to a caesium adsorption device at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The leak has been stopped and Tokyo ...

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have for the first time detected the presence of small amounts of radioactivity from the 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in a ...

Some of highest levels of cesium-137 contamination are in groundwater under nearby sandy beaches Six years after the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in Japan, radioactive material is leaching into ...

Cesium ions, particularly the radioactive isotope 137Cs, pose significant environmental and health risks following nuclear incidents and routine effluent discharge. Their high solubility in water and ...

A new material is like a roach motel for radiation: Cesium checks in, but it can’t check out. The substance, described online January 24 in Nature Chemistry, could provide a better way to safely store ...