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This Infamous Radioactive 'Tomb' Is Leaking, And Experts Are Worried

This Infamous Radioactive 'Tomb' Is Leaking, And Experts Are Worried : ScienceAlert

A gaping hole was left on a small island in the Pacific Ocean when the United States military released an 18-kiloton nuclear blast in 1958, known as the 'Cactus' test.
Jess Cockerill (ScienceAlert)
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A gaping hole was left on a small island in the Pacific Ocean when the United States military released an 18-kiloton nuclear blast in 1958, known as the 'Cactus' test.

After the blast took place on the Marshall Island's Runit Island, the military filled it in with contaminated soil and debris, creating a 'tomb' of nuclear waste known now as the Runit Dome.

The 115-meter (377 feet)-wide dome, built between 1977 and 1980 as part of military cleanup efforts, rests above more than 120,000 tons of material that were contaminated by US nuclear testing across Enewetak Atoll, including lethal quantities of plutonium.

The dome was intended as a temporary solution to contain material left behind by the nuclear tests, some of which exceeded the magnitude of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1,000 times over.


Sounds like it’s time for a more long-term response

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realitista
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realitista
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You think the US gives a shit? They do this kind of stuff all over the world.
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HubertManne
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Isn't this where they did not tell a bunch of military men what it was they were shoveling.
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Maeve
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Related: Parts of The Marshall Islands Are Now More Radioactive Than Chernobyl, Study Finds


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Zerush
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Also Palomares in Spain are still radioactive, thanks to "our good friends"

Spain to prepare its first inventory of sites affected by radioactive contamination after years of delays and a EU warning

Despite the existence of at least six areas affected by nuclear accidents and other industrial activities, the country still does not have an official catalogue that includes locations and clean-up plans
Manuel Planelles (Ediciones EL PAÍS S.L.)
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borkborkbork
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borkborkbork
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pfft you believe the gov't?

it's obviously the saucer section that's been through a time rift. scan for neutrinos or some wormhole shit.

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