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Chernobyl radioactive particles still intact 40 years on
Original: 40 years after Chernobyl, scientists discover radioactive particles remain intact
Forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists have found that radioactive particles released by the 1986 explosion remain largely intact in the environment. The finding suggests the contamination is more persistent than expected, with implications for long-term safety around the exclusion zone and for how nuclear fallout degrades over decades.
Why now: The 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster has renewed attention on new research about its lasting contamination.
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