This dome in the Pacific houses tons of radioactive waste - and it's leaking

Coleen, Jose; Wall, Kim; Hinzel, Jan H.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/03/runit-dome-pacific-radioactive-waste
Date Written: 2015-07-03
Publisher: The Guardian
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX17837

The Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands is a hulking legacy of years of US nuclear testing. Now locals and scientists are warning that rising sea levels caused by climate change could cause 111,000 cubic yards of debris to spill into the ocean.

Subject Headings

Nuclear Waste
Nuclear Weapons
Radioactive Wastes