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Fukushima Exclusion Zone

The new art of atomic critique

By Sean J Patrick Carney | Multimedia, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

A Japanese rat snake is fit with a GPS transmitter that will allow researchers to track its movements over the next several weeks. Photo credit: Hannah Gerke. Used with permission.

Radioactive snakes may monitor Fukushima fallout

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk