Tag: Runit Dome

  • The Nuclear Waste Dome in the Pacific is Slowly Falling Apart

    The Nuclear Waste Dome in the Pacific is Slowly Falling Apart

    From the air, Runit Island looks almost postcard-perfect. It sits in the Marshall Islands surrounded by bright blue water, white sand, and tropical vegetation. But hidden inside that serene landscape is one of the most unsettling leftovers of the nuclear age: a concrete dome filled with radioactive waste from U.S. atomic testing. For decades, the…