We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium
- Written by Barbara Etschmann, Research officer, Monash University
National Archives of AustraliaAlmost 60 years after British nuclear tests ended, radioactive particles containing plutonium and uranium still contaminate the landscape around Maralinga in outback South Australia.
These “hot particles” are not as stable as we once assumed. Our research shows they are likely releasing tiny chunks of...





