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Monday, September 5, 2016

The Link Between Uranium From the Congo and Hiroshima: A Story of Twin Tragedies

Susan Williams, The Conversation: A groundbreaking event at the South African Museum in Cape Town put a spotlight on the link between Japan and the Democratic Republic of Congo: that the uranium used to build the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima came from the Shinkolobwe mine in the province of Katanga.

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