How a 2017 radioactive plume may be tied to Russia and nixed neutrino research
A new study offers more evidence that a nuclear facility called Mayak was responsible for the cloud
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RADIOACTIVE RELEASE Scientists have suggested a possible source for a cloud of radioactive material that swept over European countries in 2017: the Russian nuclear plant Mayak (a sign from the facility shown).
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