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Tired mountain syndrome
Geologic damage caused by underground nuclear testing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tired mountain syndrome is a condition in which underground nuclear testing fractures and weakens rock, increasing permeability and the risk of release of radionuclides and radioactive contamination of the environment.[1] Locations said to have undergone the syndrome include the French Polynesian island of Moruroa,[2] Rainier Mesa in the United States,[3] the Dnepr 1 nuclear test site on the Kola Peninsula in Russia,[1] possibly Mount Lazarev in the Novaya Zemlya Test Site in Russia,[lower-alpha 1] and Mount Mantap in North Korea.[5][6][7]
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