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Nuclear terror as 12 schools evacuated over lump of radioactive uranium found in science class

Radioactive rock found on display in a Salzburg classroom causing an emergency evacuation [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Twelve schools have been evacuated after a lump of uranium was found in a science classroom sparking nuclear terror.

The discovery was made when antinuclear campaigner Thomas Neff was giving a lecture to pupils about an old wristwatch from the 1960s with a radium dial.

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