有个“核武器墓地”，比切尔诺贝利恐怖1000倍

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澳洲旁边的Marshall群岛上，风景宜人，宁静如同世外桃源。

但在这座岛上，核材料堆放的浓度 却比乌克兰和日本这两个举世皆知的事故地点高1000倍！！

1946年至1958年期间，美国的67次核试验在Marshall群岛的29个环礁群展开，这个曾经的“天堂”岛屿被投下炸弹，当地居民被迫逃离。 日复一日，不详的爆炸声随时可能响起 带来死亡的阴影 Bikini岛上的核试验 而多年大量的核废料则被美国统一随意填埋在了Runit岛上的圆顶设施下。

半个多世纪过去 真正的噩梦现在才刚刚开始 Ebeye，Marshall群岛人口第二多的地区，最宽的区域不到四分之一英里 在美国核试验的期间，研究人员写道，两个环礁，Bikini 和Enewetak，“被作为爆炸的中心点”，首当其冲受到了大量核爆炸的直接影响。

Enewetak是首个测试氢弹的地区，而Bikini则是世界上有史以来威力最大的氢弹试验场地 ——它因Castle Bravo核试验闻名世界。

Castle Bravo 核试验 1954年3月1日，美国军方在Bikini 引爆了有史以来最大的热核武器 它的爆炸威力预计 将等同于600万吨的TNT 然而科学家们低估了这次核弹的威力 实际爆炸产生的能量 比预期的大2.5倍 是美国1945年在广岛和长崎投放的 核武器的整整1000倍！

爆炸产生的放射性灰烬 在周边超过7000平方英里的地区落下 如同死神的羽翼笼罩 而周围小岛上 毫不知情的岛民仍在日常生活 孩子们在“雪”中玩耍 并不知道这场难得的雪景是致命的前兆

据《the Times》报道，许多接触过该物质的人“皮肤灼伤、脱发、恶心，最终患上癌症”。

爆炸带来的放射性危险区域超过了100英里（160公里） 大量居民居住的岛屿也一并被覆盖 最终，15个周边岛屿和环礁被证实受到大量辐射污染 岛民们开始患上辐射污染带来的甲状腺肿瘤 出生缺陷率日益增加 附近海域的日本捕鱼船只也受到了影响 船员在回国后纷纷感染了急性放射性疾病 有一人当场死亡

然而即使是如此 美国也没有停止在Marshall群岛的核试验 Bravo Castle也只是美国在这里67次 核武器试验的其中一次 直到1958年 环礁的爆炸声才有所停息 热核时代下的“有毒遗产”

直到20世纪70年代末期 美国才派遣士兵开始 对Marshall环礁核试验产生的 污染碎片进行清理 67次核试验遗留下来的高度核污染碎片 被集中在一起 倾倒在Runit这个无人居住的小岛上 一个一百米宽的炸弹深坑中 工程师用半米厚的混凝土帽 密封了这个“核垃圾储存地” 然后离开了这个岛屿 这是当地的“大坟场”

而据澳大利亚新闻网站News.com.au此前报道： 不断上升的海平面正在侵蚀Runit储存核废料的混凝土圆顶。 2013年美国能源部便做出了结论 “填埋的地点”正在泄露剧毒。 除此之外，毫无作为 海平面与Runit核废料埋藏地点仅一线之隔 “穹顶的底部就是核武器爆炸所留下的东西，”Columbia 大学地球研究所主席Michael Gerrard说。 “这是可渗透的土壤。因此，海水已经存在于这个穹顶之下。

” “风化作用与海平面持续的上升现象导致了岛上现有的污染元素有很大几率被冲刷到了海水中，进一步污染岛上的泻湖和周边的海洋。” 谁也无法得知，核泄漏进入洋流，会对这个世界带来什么灾难性的后果。 而研究人员也反应，美国在这些环礁附近曾经的核试验 “已经造成了前所未有的环境污染， 即使是今天 也持续危害着当地人的健康”....https://www.1688.com.au/australia/national/2019/07/18/617038/

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美国危害地球

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Nevermind Chernobyl and Fukushima.

New research shows a tiny island halfway between Australia and Hawaii has concentrations of nuclear material up to 1000 times higher than at two well-known meltdown locations in Ukraine and Japan.

Research carried out by Columbia University and published this week shows deadly plutonium levels are far higher than previously thought on the Marshall Islands. The group of 29 atolls was subject to 67 US nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, with locals forced to flee as the country dropped bomb after bomb in paradise.

The United States entombed nuclear waste under a dome on the island of Runit that some believe is leaking into the Pacific Ocean. However the real impact of the contamination is only now being realised.

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看来全部拥核武的国家都是邪恶的。。。。

还是马来西亚好。。。

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还把我们这些比较穷的国家种个棕油都描绘成导致世界末日似的

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Fears Grow That 'Nuclear Coffin' Is Leaking Waste Into The Pacific



The tropical blue skies over the southern Pacific Ocean were enveloped by towering mushroom clouds lingering over the Marshall Islands in 1954 as the United States continued its testing of nuclear weapons.

The United States conducted 67 nuclear weapon tests from 1946 to 1958 on the pristine Marshall Islands. The most powerful test was the "Bravo" hydrogen bomb in 1954, which was about 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

The extensive nuclear bomb testing blanketed the islands in radioactive ash, covering it in the fine, white, powder-like substance. Children, unaware of what the radioactive ash was, played in the "snow" and ate it according to the Atomic Heritage Foundation.


Today, there are growing concerns that the temporary containment of the nuclear waste resulting from those tests is leaking into the Pacific Ocean and could be cracked wide open from the next storm that rolls by. Specifically, the site is believed to be leaking one of the most toxic substances in the world, the radioactive isotope plutonium-239, a byproduct of nuclear bombs that decays with a half-life of 24,100 years.

In 1977 the United States worked to clean up the radioactive waste left strewn across the Marshall Islands. In total, an estimated 73,000 cubic meters of radioactive soil was collected across the Marshall Islands. The US used a crater from an especially large nuclear bomb test on Runit Island to stash away the radioactive soil. The 328-foot crater from a May 1958 test was designated the dumping ground.


As this was considered a temporary solution, the crater bottom was not lined with impervious material, which would have prevented radioactive waste from entering the below aquifers and Pacific Ocean. After the material was piled into the crater, an 18-inch thick concrete dome was positioned on top of it as a temporary containment. Plans for permanent radioactive waste storage were never finalized and thus the temporary solution has sat as-is for nearly 40 years.

Shortly afterward, in 1983 the Marshall Islands agreed on their severity from the United States and with it, the islands released the United States of any responsibility for past nuclear testing.

Rising sea level, soil shifting, and storms have all caused new concern over the integrity of the "nuclear coffin" and its ability to contain radioactive waste. The dome is reportedly cracking and the local government fears the next big storm may split the concrete dome apart. In addition, groundwater models suggest that seawater is almost certainly accessing the crater. However, it is unclear how much nuclear waste is seeping from the unlined crater bottom into the Pacific Ocean and groundwater aquifers.

Despite recent awareness around the issue, the Marshallese government does not have the money or expertise to properly clean up and isolate the nuclear waste. Thus, the Marshallese are left helpless as their tropical islands continue to leak deadly radioactive waste across its coral reefs.