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Learn why entering the Chernobyl elephant’s foot remains fatal

Thomas Mulligan examines the extreme radiological hazards and lethal legacy of the highly radioactive mass discovered in the ...
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‘The deadliest blob on Earth’: Why Chornobyl’s 2000-kilogram Elephant’s Foot still can’t be destroyed

Beneath the ruins of Reactor 4 at Chornobyl, there is a hidden but very dangerous nuclear mass called the Elephant's Foot. The mass is made of Corium, a mixture of molten lava, including uranium, ...