A 2024 report from the U.S. Department of Energy stated that any contact with radioactive material would stay minimal, posing ...

A giant, concrete dome filled with radioactive waste looms above Runit Island, and it’s leaking. Locals call it “The Tomb”. Runit (or Cactus) dome was used for Cold War nuclear testing by the US ...

RADIOACTIVE waste from nuclear weapons tests could be seeping from its 'concrete coffin' and leaking deadly atomic 'sludge' into the Pacific Ocean. The United Nations Secretary General recently ...

Radioactive waste from Cold War nuclear weapons tests could be leaking into the Pacific Ocean. According to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a concrete dome that was built on Runit ...

More than 40 years ago, the U.S. buried radioactive waste on Runit Island. The leaking dump site is a point of contention in negotiations over an extended security pact with the Marshall Islands ...

Former workers who entombed a radioactive waste site in the Pacific Ocean left a clear message before completing their work: a middle finger. According to Paul Griego, 62, who survived efforts to ...

A proper base for the 'coffin' was never made and cracks are appearing all over the structure RADIOACTIVE waste from nuclear weapons tests could be seeping from its ‘concrete coffin’ and leaking ...