48 years & 200,000 tons of radioactive waste: The forgotten danger?

Published on Sep 15, 2021 07:58 pm IST

Between 1946 and 1993, 200,000 tons of radioactive waste were dumped in the sea. Most of this came from the Soviet Union, USA, and the UK. Decades later, the radiation is still detectable even as the metal containers are beginning to rust.

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