Main content
Radioactivity in the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, but their past as a former US nuclear weapons test site means that hardly anyone lives there. Ken Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, describes the Runit Dome that was constructed to hold up to 80,000 tonnes of radioactive debris.
(Image: US Nuclear bomb test in Marshall Islands in Pacific in 1946.)
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from Science In Action
-
![]()
How do chimps learn their skills?
Duration: 15:25
-
![]()
Pompeii: DNA reveals truths about victims' identities
Duration: 04:44
-
![]()
Libanoculex Intermedius—Can carbon capture live up to its hype?
Duration: 00:52
-
![]()
How 'viral sex' in bats can create new hybrid Sars viruses
Duration: 06:05
