SUADTER
IMTROSUCTION
THE SITUATION
Enewetak Atsll, located in the northwest - rn scortion of
tne Marshall Islands, is mart of the Trust Territory of the
Pacific islands (TTPI).
Whe United St ares acasuired tne atoll
from the STPI
TF
in 1347 to use as a nue lear weapons proving
grount.
in lat 1947, before the testing program started,
the Jnited States resettled the veonle of Fnewetak, then
numberiag 142, on Ujelang Atoll, a con siderably svaller atoil
adout 124 miles scuthwest, where they still reside.
Fortvethree nuclear weapons tests were nel4 at Enewetak Atoll fron
1948 to 1958.
The tests contaminated some of the islands of
thé atoll with radicactive elements an 4 littered the other
islands with uncontaminated debris.
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GE PLrs:
I au” OF THE
OPLE O TETAX
The ceople of Enewetak, disslace now £or more than 39
years, have suffared both the sinvs:ical harishios of living
with a growing conulation i/ on a nuch smalle =
211 than
their home atoll and the psychological nardshiscs sf being
removed from their traditional land.
This latter haridshin
is the greater burden, as the iand is all incor
Marshallese people--not only for subsi stence, Dut als
social status and family unity... A comparison of Scnewetak
and Uselang Atolls in square miles of area follcws:
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Jjelang Atoll
Fnewetax Atoll
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25.47
4.47
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it necessary to inport more commoditie s than
woult aornaliv
pe reguired on EInewetak.
Jering
tne 19783
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