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Which of the following contributes to radiation pollution?

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Nuclear power station
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Thermal power station
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Hospitals
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Steel plants
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Solution

The correct option is A Nuclear power station
The isotope of Uranium that is used as fuel in nuclear power plants is radioactive. The waste generated from such a power station is also radioactive. Other sources of radioactive pollution are from nuclear weapons testing, mining and processing of radioactive materials and radioactive fallout from nuclear disasters.

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