Radioactive detectives | Episode 2 | Forgotten Bombs

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The ‘radioactive detectives’: scientists and detectives rolled into one, on the trail of radioactive contamination clear across the world. In the wake of Chernobyl and the recent Fukushima disaster, they want to assess the real risks of nuclear waste products and expose lies about nuclear energy to unravel how the wellbeing of many people could be affected.

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