Plutonium From US Nuclear Weapons Tests Polluting South China Sea

A study published in the peer-reviewed Chinese language journal Environmental Chemistry found that plutonium from US nuclear weapons tests is polluting the South China Sea.

A new study has found that plutonium sediments in the South China Sea have their origins in fallout from US nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific in the mid-20th century.

The study, published in the peer-reviewed Chinese language journal Environmental Chemistry, traced plutonium particles found in sediments ...

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