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Cold War-era 'coffin' leaking nuclear waste into Pacific: UN chief
short by Kanishka Pandey / on Sunday, 19 May, 2019
A 40-year-old "coffin" built to contain nuclear waste could be leaking radioactive material into Pacific, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned. The US dumped waste from 67 nuclear tests it conducted from 1946-1958 during the Cold War into the crater, capped with an 18-inch-thick concrete dome. Its bottom was never lined as it was intended to be a temporary measure.
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