Cactus Dome

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Cactus Dome is a concrete-covered nuclear waste containment structure on Runit Island in Enewetak Atoll, built by the United States to store radioactive debris from Cold War nuclear tests.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cactus Dome canonical 3
Runit Cactus Dome 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear waste containment structure ⓘ
radioactive waste storage site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Runit Dome ⓘ
The Tomb ⓘ
linked to: the Tomb
constructedBy United States ⓘ
United States military ⓘ
containsWasteFrom Bikini Atoll nuclear tests ⓘ
linked to: Bikini Atoll

Enewetak Atoll nuclear tests ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons testing program ⓘ
coordinateLocation 11.552°N 162.347°E ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
diameter approximately 115 meters ⓘ
endDate 1980 ⓘ
environmentalIssue radioactive contamination ⓘ
vulnerability to storms and erosion ⓘ
hasPart concrete dome ⓘ
contaminated soil ⓘ
plutonium-contaminated material ⓘ
radioactive debris ⓘ
height approximately 7.6 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus remnant of Cold War nuclear testing ⓘ
inception 1980 ⓘ
locatedInFormerlyUsedDefenseSite Enewetak Proving Ground ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
linked to: Marshall Islands
locatedInTheBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Ralik Chain ⓘ
locatedOnSiteOf Cactus test crater ⓘ
location Enewetak Atoll ⓘ
Marshall Islands ⓘ
Runit Island ⓘ
materialUsed concrete ⓘ
namedAfter Cactus nuclear test ⓘ
numberOfConcretePanels 357 ⓘ
operator United States Department of Defense ⓘ
United States Department of Energy ⓘ
ownedBy United States ⓘ
partOf Enewetak nuclear test site ⓘ
linked to: Enewetak Atoll
purpose containment of radioactive waste ⓘ
storage of nuclear test debris ⓘ
risk potential leakage of radioactive material ⓘ
structural degradation due to climate and sea-level rise ⓘ
significantEvent Cold War nuclear testing cleanup ⓘ
Enewetak Atoll radiological cleanup project ⓘ
startDate 1977 ⓘ
subjectOf United Nations reports on nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands ⓘ
environmental impact studies ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Runit Island → hasAlias → Cactus Dome ⓘ
Runit Island → hasAlias → Runit Cactus Dome ⓘ
linked to: Cactus Dome
Runit Dome → alsoKnownAs → Cactus Dome ⓘ