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This dome in the Pacific houses tons of radioactive waste – and it’s leaking
The Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands is a hulking legacy of years of US nuclear testing. Now locals and scientists are warning that rising sea levels caused by climate change could cause 111,000 cubic yards of debris to spill into the ocean.
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Every time I read something about the nuclear testings, fallout, and remains in the Marshall Islands, I just feel...helpless. It's truly sickening, disturbing, and heart-wrenching. I hope their lawsuit allows them to have some favorable ruling, but, if I'm being honest, it's highly unlikely that the world's nuclear powers are going to bend. Beyond writing my congressman and senators and signing near meaningless petitions on the Internet, I don't know what else to do.