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“The United States Government has acknowledged that a major typhoon could break it apart and cause all of the radiation in it to disperse.”

If this is true, why isn't the US government taking responsibility and fix this, RIGHT NOW? If you're just a typhoon away from spreading nuclear waste in the entire pacific, you better start working on a solid fix yesterday. This is beyond criminal neglect of your waste.

If you read the article to the end it is explained: the US gov does not believe that the dome contains any worse radiation than the surrounding area - which is already massively contaminated.

I can't seem to find numbers to support 'massively'. This article says its near what New York's Central Park has (which is a normal amount):

https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2016/06/marshall-islan...

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