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Re:Fukushima Reactor: TEPCO robot aims to extract nuclear fuel by Manuel_D on Thursday October 10, 2024 @01:07PM (#41800932)
The areas around the nuclear waste disposal sites are monitored for radioactivity. Radiation drops to ambient levels very sharply. Radioactive material decays over time - it'll get strictly less radioactive as time goes on.
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Re:Fukushima Reactor: TEPCO robot aims to extract nuclear fuel by foxyv on Monday October 14, 2024 @11:38AM (#41838535)
Radiation levels at such sites generally drops due to dilution. As we have seen in the case of other wastes like mercury and dioxins, you can get bioaccumulation of this waste in the food chain causing environmental damage.
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