BIKTNI ATOLL TODAY
INTRODUCTION
In 1986, the Bikini people agread to leave their home atoll to permit the
U.S.
to
could
test atomic bombs.
return
following
In 1968 Prasident Johnson announced the peaple
cleanup of debris
left
from
the
testa.
Bafora
tha
people returned the U.S. planted thousands of food~bearing trees and built 40
concrete hougea for the people.
to
laave.
This book explains
In
1978 the U.S.
tna reagzon
government asked
for this request
the people
(action)
and the
pregant tnfaormation on the eondition of the atoll,
The
U.
8S.
Government
has
prepared
this
booklet
to
assist
the
Bikini
&
people in understanding the affect of the atom bomb testing on their atoll and
What that means to tha psople.
The Marshallese text ig a dynamic equivalent translation of an original
English draft,
and the English text
is a modified literal
translation of tha
Marshallese test.
TINY THINGS THAT ARG RADTOACTTVE
Everything on earth is formed from tvany many tiny things that we eannot
gee.
and
(Thesa are called atoms.)
are
alike
in
a oertain way
tiny things that do not change.
Some of these things are snt apart {distinct}
because
they
change
and
becamn
We gay that thease tiny
area set apart are radtoactive beaause they do changa.
ale
other
kinds
things (akoma)
of
that