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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Macaskill, Federico Maccioni and Pesha Magid

Do Israeli attacks on Iran risk nuclear contamination?

Experts say Israel's current strikes on Iran's nuclear installations so far pose only limited risks of contamination, but warn any attack on the country's nuclear power station at Bushehr could cause a nuclear disaster.

Fears of a nuclear catastrophe rippled through the Gulf on Thursday after the Israeli military mistakenly announced a strike in Bushehr, home to Iran's only nuclear power station, only to say later that the announcement was a mistake.

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