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Forget North Korea, America Is Already Quietly Nuking Itself

Everett Numbers Antimedia
While senior U.S. officials led by President Trump and media pundits sound the alarm over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, America has been dealing with a series of nuclear leaks domestically that are already exposing the public to radioactive material.

Treasure Island Cleanup Exposes Navy's Mishandling of Its Nuclear Past

Matt SmithKatharine Mieszkowski Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists/Center for Investigative Reporting
In a once-secret 1947 Navy memo, officials discussed the “insufficiency” of ship decontamination. Radioactive ships were cleared for use, not because they were safe, the memo said, but because the Navy lacked a means to make them so.
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