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A Pacific Island is sitting atop a nuclear time bomb that could pollute the oceans for centuries. Scientists have discovered that a concrete structure built to contain radioactive waste from Cold ...

As nuclear explosions go, the US “Cactus” bomb test in May 1958 was relatively small — but it has left a lasting legacy for the Marshall Islands in a dome-shaped radioactive dump. The dome — described ...

A concrete dome built nearly five decades ago to contain radioactive waste from U.S. nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands has drawn renewed concern from researchers and officials who warn ...

Cracks in a concrete dome housing nuclear waste has sparked fears that the site could be susceptible to rising seas. Experts are having a nuclear meltdown. Cracks in a dome over a contaminated nuclear ...

A gaping hole was left on a small island in the Pacific Ocean when the United States military released an 18-kiloton nuclear blast in 1958, known as the 'Cactus' test. After the blast took place on ...

In the middle of the pacific ocean, the sailing ship Infinity and her ragtag crew stumble upon the Runit Dome and one of the most dangerous islands on earth. Enewetak Atoll, the birthplace of the ...