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Radioactive Wrecks ( Preview )

Sunken nuclear subs pose no immediate threat, but they could be long-term ecological time bombs

By Mark Alpert   

 
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Many environmental groups became alarmed this past August after the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk in the

Barents Sea. Greenpeace International warned that the pristine Arctic waters could become

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