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An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has praised progress made by Poland in safely managing its radioactive ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A truck delivers a container to the low-level waste vaults at the Dounreay nuclear site in Dounreay, Scotland, Britain November 25 ...