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Radioactive village in Spain

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December 3, 2015

The village of Palomares in southeastern Spain is contaminated with radioactive soil that’s scheduled for clean-up. The contamination is the result of a mid-air collision about 50 years ago, which dropped four U.S. nuclear bombs near the village.