Cold War era military nuclear material may contaminate the planet with radioactive waste if Greenland’s ice melts

‘For decades, the abandoned nuclear-powered U.S. military base, Camp Century, has been buried below the ice sheet that covers most of Greenland. A U.S. army corps of engineers built the subterranean city that had trucks, tunnels and even a nuclear reactor.
While it was advertised as a polar research station, deep down those icy tunnels hundreds of nuclear missiles were stored and ready to be launched. Almost 50 years ago, when the project was canceled, the camp, along with its hazardous waste – including radioactive material – was abandoned.
The scientists anticipated that the ice would continue to thicken and forever entomb what they had left behind.’
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