Deep sea radioactive waste mystery: Scientists begin search for 200,000 nuclear barrels dumped in Atlantic Ocean

Deep sea radioactive waste mystery: Scientists begin search for 200,000 nuclear barrels dumped in Atlantic Ocean

Four kilometers below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, hidden from the sun and far from shipping lanes, lies a forgotten chapter of the nuclear age.The vast ocean floor is littered with more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste. They were thrown into the ocean for decades during the second half of the twentieth century, … Read more