Nuclear waste discovered under lake in Switzerland

Geologists from Geneva University discovered that the Muehleberg nuclear plant in northwestern Switzerland is dumping contaminated wastewater into a tributary stream feeding into Lake Biel which supplies drinking water to nearby residents, the Le Matin Dimanche newspaper reported Sunday.

The nuclear plant has been dumping its contaminated wastewater into the Aar River since 2000, resulting in a sharp increase in cesium 137 levels which were found in the sediment under the lake, scientists added.

Experts said the radioactive levels posed no immediate known danger to human health .... http://www.presstv.ir