In 1980, a concrete dome was placed over fallout debris on a Pacific island - now cracks have reportedly started to appear in the dome.
At 6:45 a.m. on March 1, 1954, the blue sky stretching over the south Pacific Ocean was split open by an enormous red flash.
The 1954 explosion was part of a series of nuclear tests conducted as the American military lurched into the nuclear age. From 1946 to 1958, 67 US nuclear tests pulverized the tranquil reefs and islands of South Pacific. International pressure finally halted the bombing, but the damage was done - and continues to this day.
Enewetak Atoll was subjected to repeated blasts during the testing, and inhabitants were forced to relocate before the explosions began. Beginning in 1977, 4 000 U.S. servicemen began collecting an estimated 73 000 cubic metres of tainted surface soil across the islands, according to the Marshall Islands' government.
According to a 2017 report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, among the fallout material was plutonium-239, an isotope that is one of the world's most toxic substances, and one with a radioactive half-life of 24 100 years.
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