Gactta radiation also comes from cesium and cobalt, and a little comes from amerteium. At Bitdni AtOLL, the amounts of plutonium and americium are far Yeas than on kne Enavetak Atoll. TINY PARTICLES AND ASHES Of ATOM BOMBS [FALLOUT] When an atomic bomb expledes, St takes up materials, suoh aa rack, soil, water, and 30 forth, which join with the things that are radioactive from thea bamh. Thay rise rapidly into the air, and later fall back dow to the earth. The tiny particles and ash of the bombs fell in the lagoon, in the ocnan, on the islands, and the winds blew aowe to places that are far away. There were 23 atomia bombs tested at Bikini atem bomb tests st Bikini oceurre) on the islands. Atoll. ly a few of the Most took place in or over the water with gome on the reef between the islands. In two stom bomb testa small pisces of the islands of Nam and Bnirik were destroyed, in addition, there are 11 U.S, ships aunk in the laguon at Bikini a3 4 result of an atam bomb test involving ships. gZovernpent tasted these - The map on page 7 shows the islands where the U.S. bombs, the portions of the islands that were destroyed, and the loeation of the sunken ships. THE PLACES WHERE THE THINGS THAT ARK RADIOACTIVE ARE AT BIKINI The picture ab are within the soil, soil. the right shows the places where the radioactive things Plutonium and americium are in the upper part of tha Casium and strontium ara in the sofl that 18 shallow and alao jin that win 4 24