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formercia

(18,479 posts) Tue May 21, 2013, 10:03 AM May 2013

The most radioactive beach in the World

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The most radioactive beach in the World (Original Post) formercia May 2013 OP

Brazil? Heywood J May 2013 #1

She does say "one of the most naturally radioactive ..." muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #2

Heywood J

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1. Brazil?

Reply to formercia (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 09:51 PM

May 2013

I half-expected it to be on the Irish Sea.

muriel_volestrangler

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2. She does say "one of the most naturally radioactive ..."

Reply to Heywood J (Reply #1)

Wed May 22, 2013, 11:16 AM

May 2013

There's another clip from her, where she mentions places like Bikini Atoll. I would imagine one of those test sites is the most radioactive beach in the world.

There's a beach in northern Scotland that has been closed since 1983, due to appallingly sloppy practices at the nearby experimental Dounreay fast breeder reactor: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/25/pollution.conservation

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