LOS ANGELES – Between 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands and buried the toxic waste in a concrete dome.
Now, the "tomb" is at risk of collapsing due to rising seas.
LA Times reporter Susanne Rust and photographer Carolyn Cole stopped by LA Times Today to talk about their special report.
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