10 Of The Worst Military Accidents Involving Nuclear Weapons Throughout History
Nuclear weapons can produce some of the most devastating destruction of any device ever created by humankind -- so what ...
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The huge nuclear disaster hidden by the Soviets
In 1957, a massive nuclear accident took place at the top ... and details of the devastating legacy of what is now known as the 'Kyshtym disaster' are still only just becoming clear today.
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Britain’s worst nuclear disaster: the Windscale fire of 1957
When a routine procedure went wrong in October 1957, a fire broke out at the Windscale nuclear power station in Cumbria, UK.
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From radioactive dump to dust: The deadly transformation of Russia's most toxic lake
IFL Science reports that Karachay is "the most radioactive lake on Earth". Additionally, its waters are so highly irradiated that spending just an hour sunbathing on its shores could prove fatal.