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A sign warning of radiation, taken in Pripyat, Ukraine, April 2017. OVER 30 years after the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, the city of Pripyat is exactly as it was the day it was evacuated. On the afternoon of April 27, 1986 a population of almost 50,000 abandoned the city following a catastrophic nuclear accident. (Andreas Jansen / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Chernobyl radiation "cause for concern"

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
A sign warning of radiation, taken in Pripyat, Ukraine, April 2017. OVER 30 years after the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, the city of Pripyat is exactly as it was the day it was evacuated. On the afternoon of April 27, 1986 a population of almost 50,000 abandoned the city following a catastrophic nuclear accident. (Andreas Jansen / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Chernobyl heads to the water table

Matthew Rozsa
In this Nov. 12, 2011, file photo, the Unit 4 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station is seen through a bus window in Okuma, Japan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)

Fukushima reactor cleanup delayed

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Fire smokes billow from residences as a coastal area is flooded by waters after a tsunami in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture (state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP/Kyodo News)

Fukushima: case closed?

Franck Guarnieri - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Matthew Rozsa
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