Hardtack 1 Cactus crater / Runit Dome

Marshall Islands / Enewetak / Japtan /
 nuclear testing area, nuclear waste storage, bomb/explosion crater
In the 70's the U.S. government collected up the most radioactive debris on the island, piled it into one of the test craters and build a concrete retaining dome over it. This was originally the crater from the Hardtack 1 Cactus test on May 6, 1958.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runit_Island#Runit_Dome
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Coordinates:   11°33'9"N   162°20'50"E

Comments

  • Looking at this recent picture the concrete dome seems to be a lot more dilapidated than is normally shown, with vegetation growing on top of it.
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