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Growing fears of radioactive leak at Sellafield amid watchdog findings
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A number of incidents have been recorded at the site located just 170km from the Irish coast
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RADIOACTIVE wild boars roaming European mountains after eating mushrooms contaminated by Chernobyl
Food
Boar meat is popular in the Czech Republic but 47% of the animals tested between 2014-16 were above the radiation limit
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Serious incident at Sellafield nuclear plant 'would not force evacuations in Ireland'
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The EPA said a major radiation leak or serious incident at the fuel reprocessing plant would not cause immediate health risks on this side of the Irish Sea
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Fukushima nuclear zone 'to become world's next macabre tourist hotspot' as visitors get set to don radioactive suits
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Companies in Japan organising tour guides in the 'exclusion zone' attracted more than 5,000 clients in the first year
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A doomsday accident at Sellafield could wipe out Ireland's food and tourism industry in a flash
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Gerry Adams calls on the Government to demand the closure of the notorious Sellafield plant after whistleblower claims a fire there could release a radioactive cloud that would devastate Western Europe
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'A fire could generate a plume of radiological waste that will go across Western Europe' - Safety concerns at Sellafield nuclear facility
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The Cumbria site is just 170km from Ireland
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Buried deep in the 'Doomsday Vault' are the seeds which could save humanity
Doomsday vault
Buried deep in the earth near the North Pole is the Doomsday Vault - containing what amounts to 13,000 years of agriculture on which the future of humanity could depend
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Discovery of mysterious 'ALIEN' corpse on riverbank leaves scientists baffled
Aliens
The body, said to have a 'mysterious skull', was found on the banks of the River Kovashi by two locals on Sunday
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Chernobyl: Poignant self-portraits from the disaster-hit town photographer left as a baby
Art
Alina Rudya was evacuated from Pripyat when she was only one - these striking images show the story of her return
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Energy Minister says Ireland cannot rule out nuclear power potential
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Minister Alex White says that nuclear power cannot be ruled out of the debate on how to fulfil Ireland's energy needs in the future
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Haunting Chernobyl disaster drone footage gives chilling aerial view of abandoned city left to nature
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British photographer Danny Cooke filmed the abandoned remains of the Ukrainian city of Pripyat which was completely evacuated in aftermath of catastrophe
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Sellafield Safety Shocker: Nuclear waste abandoned 40 years ago lies in rotting containers open to the elements
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Whistle-blower’s photos lay bare risk of disaster as expert warns it's another Fukushima waiting to happen
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Bats and crabs take over Cuba's ghostly nuclear power station abandoned in Cold War era
Weird News
While holidaying on the Caribbean coast, urban explorer Darmon Richter, 33, from Oxford, ventured inside with his camera to take some incredible pictures
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Fears as €20bn nuclear plant to be built 240km from Ireland’s coast
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Critics claim there are insufficient plans for the removal of the nuclear waste the plant will produce
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