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Marshalls copper hunters receive radioactive warning

People on Runit have been searching out copper wire and cabling around a storage bunker for the radioactive waste produced from US nuclear testing during the 1950s and '60s.

Locals raised concerns over damage to the concrete dome after a typhoon in July but a recent expedition allayed concerns about cracks in the dome.

However a member of the Marshalls monitoring group, Terry Hamilton, says residents should still be careful when looking for copper.