A U.S. Department of Defense agency wants input from Kauaians on what to do with radioactive materials generated from failed missile launches on Johnston Atoll more than 40 years ago.

the U.S. conducted hundreds of nuclear explosions in the atmosphere, undersea, and even in space at numerous sites, including the Marshall Islands, Johnston Atoll, and the Nevada Test Site.

On July 1, 1946, almost one year after Japan’s defeat in World War II, the United States started conducting nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Four days later, a swimsuit ...