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Radioactive leak from sub reported by Navy

The Navy said a nuclear-powered submarine leaked minimally radioactive water while traveling to Japan, Guam and Hawai’i over several months.
The total radioactivity released into the environment from the USS Houston at each stop was less than one half a microcurie, U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Scott Gureck said.
“That’s a negligible amount, equal to the radioactivity [...]

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