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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/04/vauuvlei8zcvta6sggvf-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601440A new and unexpected source of radioactive material left over from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has been found up to 97km away along coastlines near the beleaguered plant. The discovery shows that damaged nuclear reactors are capable of spreading radiation far from the meltdown site, and in some surprising ways.