US EditionIs a Nuclear Disaster Looming? the Pacific Nuclear Coffin Has Cracked
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Cactus Dome in danger: leaking nuclear waste storage facility and rising sea levels threaten the Marshall Islands with disaster.
On one of the small Pacific islands, Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a radioactive "tomb"—Runit Dome—has lain for decades. Built by the US military after a series of nuclear tests, it now stands as a symbol of the growing ecological threat. Experts warn: cracks in the concrete dome and rising sea levels could soon lead to a massive environmental disaster, the effects of which will be felt across the entire Pacific region.
On an isolated island in the Pacific, a nuclear legacy of the 1950s arouses growing concern. The Runit dome, built in the late 1970s on Enewetak's atoll, was to contain thousands of tons of radioactive waste from American tests. This concrete structure, laid without watertight bottom on porous coral soil, now shows visible signs of degradation. Cracks appear as the sea level increases as a result of climate change. This situation rekindles quest…
The nuclear waste dome on Runit Island is cracking and letting water through. What is known about the risks TSN.ua (news 1+1)
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