Gamma radiation
americium.

also comes from cesium and cobalt,

At Bikini

Atoll,

and a tittle oomas from

the samounts of Plutonium and

americlum are

far

Jean than on the Enewvatak Atoll.

TINY PARTICLES AND ASHES Of ATOM BOMBS (FALLOUT)

When an atomic bomb explodes,

it

takes up materials,

suoh as ruck,

soil,

water, and so forth, which join with the thinga that are radioaotive from the
bomb.

They rise rapidly into the air, and later fall back dow to the earth.

The tiny particles and ash of the bombs fell in tha lagoon,

in the ocaan, on

the islands, and the winds blew sone to places that are far away.

There were 23 atomic bombs tested at Bikini

Atoll.

atem bomb bests ak Bikini occurred on the islands,

Most took place in or over

the water with some on the reef between the islands.
swall

Only a few of the

In two atom bomb testa

pieces of the islands of Nam and Enirik were destroyed.

there are 11 U.S.

ships aunk in the laguon at Bikini 339 4 result of an atom

bomb tast involving ahips.
Zovernpeant

In addition,

tastad

these

The map on page 7 Shows the islands where the U.5,
bombs,

the

portions

of

the

islands

that

were

destroyed, and the lacakion of the sunken ships.

THE PLACES WHERE THE THINGS THAT ARE RADLOACTIVE ARE AT BIKINI

The picture ab
are within the soil,
soil.

bthe right

shows

Plutonium and

-the places where the radioactive things
ameriaium are in

tha upper

part

of the

Casium and strontium are in the soil that ia ahallow and alao in that

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