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Mysterious discovery on a nuclear dump. Is it alive?
Source: sxc.hu
In the pools hiding thousands of old, now defunct radioactive fuel rods, white fibres resembling a spider web have been discovered. They “grow” only on the rods, as reported by “Augusta Chronicle”.
The nuclear waste landfill, Savannah River, South Carolina, is under constant observation by the Security Council and the Nuclear Defence Facilities. Sent to investigate the substance, experts are surprised, because the first study has given no results.
A sample taken from the pool was too small to determine even if it is a living organism. If it is not, scientists still can not identify the source of the substance.
If it is a living organism, it belongs to a small group of highly radiation resistant. Another, slightly larger sample,
is to be collected and subjected to detailed examination.
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wow that’s pretty alarming…