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,[a] and Mount Mantap in North Korea.[5][6][7]
