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In a move that resembles a scare tactic, a newly posted YouTube video shows a former 87-foot nuclear reactor dome jutting out from an isolated stretch of preserved woodlands in New Jersey.

The clip then invokes Chernobyl before noting the dome, which was shuttered decades ago, has stood alongside a manufacturing plant run by a small drug maker since 1977. From there, the video cites old reports from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about decontamination at the site and mostly older Food and Drug Administration reports that found cleanliness issues at the plant.

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