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This Infamous Radioactive 'Tomb' Is Leaking, And Experts Are Worried (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does no one ever read the article?

The first two paragraphs:

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 the Marshall Island's Runit Island, the military filled it in with contaminated soil and debris, creating a 'tomb' of nuclear waste known now as the Runit Dome.