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It's a Real Climate Retardant Bomb: the Pacific Nuclear Bomb Is Starting to Crack

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…
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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…

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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