nuclear waste dump

Dr Billy in a statement said Japan is being very irresponsible in dumping partially treated nuclear waste in the Pacific.

“We are reminded of the events of 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands — vaporizing whole islands, carving craters into its shallow lagoons and exiling hundreds of people from their homes; many have eventually died of cancer, especially thyroid cancer.

The decision comes after the National Fisheries Authority reviewed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Report of Safety Related Aspects of Handling ALPS Treated Water at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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.