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Johnston Atoll

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Johnston Atoll

Coral island in the mid-Pacific, lying between the Marshall Islands and Hawaii; area 2.8 sq km/1.1 sq mi. The island is only 2.4 m/8 ft above sea level and subject to hurricanes and tidal waves. It has the status of a National Wildlife Refuge but was contaminated by fallout from nuclear-weapons testing in 1962, and has since 1971 been used as a repository for chemical weapons left over from the Korean and Vietnam wars. An unincorporated territory of the USA, it is administered by the US Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA).



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storage sites: on Johnston Atoll, about 800 miles south of Hawaii, and in Tooele, Utah (SN: 12/10/94, p.
Chemical weapons treaty sets deadline by Wu, Corinna / Science News
The Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS) exists solely for the purpose of destroying obsolete - and frightening - chemical weapons.
The military's mess: Johnston Atoll, the army's 'model' chemical ... by Rampell, Ed / E
Other areas: the Pentagon in Virginia, Pasadena City Hall in California and the Johnston Atoll abatement project in the South Pacific
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