By Pouring a Concrete Dome over 85,000 M3 of Nuclear Waste in 1979, the United States Had Not Predicted that the Ocean Would Rise.
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The concrete dome that covers nuclear waste on the island of Runit rises and descends to the rhythm of the tides. According to a survey published by the Los Angeles Times on November 10, 2019, the structure aspirates and then discharges radioactive water into the nearby coral reefs, contaminating marine life. This grey mass, cracked in places, rests in the middle of the turquoise lagoon of the enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands. Under its co…
A dome of grey concrete, cracked in places, placed in the middle of the turquoise lagoon of a lost Pacific atoll: this image alone sums up one of the most risky bets of the Cold War. Under this aging carapace lies nearly 85,000 cubic meters of radioactive waste, inherited from some 40 tests. [...] More
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