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The Crumbling Runit Dome: The Hidden Nuclear Nightmare of the Marshall Islands
Building ‘The Tomb’ Runit Island in the Enewetak Atoll was one of the most radioactively contaminated sites in the ...
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Decades old "nuclear coffin" on Pacific Island cracks under climate stress
Runit Island, hosting the "Runit Dome", is often referred to as the "nuclear coffin" or simply, "nuclear grave". The island ...
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A 'tomb' in the Marshall Islands contains enough radioactive waste to fill 35 Olympic-sized pools. It's starting to crack.
They are currently home to around 650 residents. The island that hosts Runit Dome remains unoccupied. In 2013, the US Department of Energy reported that radioactive materials could be leaking from ...