Posts Tagged ‘Enewetak Atoll’

Concern about cracks in dome of nuclear waste tomb

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

Enewetak Atoll, better known as Bikini Atoll, is home to the Runit concrete dome. It was constructed in 1979 to temporarily store nuclear waste produced from nuclear testing by the United States military during the Cold War. Residents have expressed concerns about cracks which are slowly developing in the dome’s concrete surface. The US Department Read more