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06/02/2018 / By David Williams

A man with legal problems over a plutonium contamination scandal joins EPA’s Environmental Justice team

A little over a year ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had a change in leadership. After serving more than two decades in charge of the agency as the Chief Environmental Justice Official, Mustafa Ali decided to call it quits. In his resignation letter, he asked the person who was going to replace him, Scott […]

02/04/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Record radiation level detected at Fukushima reactor “unimaginable,” could kill human from even brief exposure

Radiation levels inside a damaged nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan have hit a record high since the plant suffered a triple nuclear meltdown almost six years ago. The latest readings – described by experts as “unimaginable” – now pose a serious challenge as officials prepare to dismantle the disaster-hit […]

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