Radioactive gas closes 180 jail cells
Daily Mirror UK|March 11, 2024
A PRISON has had to close down more than 180 cells after radioactive gas radon was detected.
DAN WARBURTON
Radioactive gas closes 180 jail cells

The leak at HMP Dartmoor is understood to have led to the transfer of 194 cons.

Odourless and colourless, Radon comes from decaying uranium in rocks and soils and causes around 1,000 lung cancer deaths a year.

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