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Description: Runit Dome (or Cactus Dome), Runit Island, Enewetak Atoll. Aerial view. In 1977-1980 the crater created by the Cactus shot of Operation Hardtack I was used as a burial pit to inter 84,000 cubic meters of radioactive soil scraped from the various contaminated Enewetak Atoll islands. The Runit Dome was built to cover the material.
Title: Runit Dome 001
Credit: http://sonicbomb.com/albums/album61/runit.jpg
Author: US Defense Special Weapons Agency
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