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U.S nuclear waste remains pour into Pacific Ocean as radioactive remains leak from dome

Runit dome, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Credit - Image:  Foreign Correspondent: Greg Nelson
February 9, 2018
by Sprep-Admin

A concrete dome holding the radioactive waste of 43 nuclear explosions is leaking into the ocean, veterans have warned. Click on the link below to read the full story.

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