Hew 8S ONS ee Sa el OR Mee OS tte ne woe onde Ol OM Bee ee oe eed ie Os ote oe A
pues eaere sss
WEAPONSTESTING
1958 contzaueg
Carrsages among exposed Rongelap women
tase to more than twice the rate in unee
os
i
.
exposed
“arsnailese women for the first
Zour years following their exposure in
Rongelap: Amata Kabua, a Marshallese
traditional seader, files a law suit in
Oak test's radioactive cloud covers Ene~wetak Island; no one is evacuated, al-
lack of *urisdiction.
stricted.
Guam Federal court seeking $8 million
compensation for the Rongelap people.
The Judge dismisses the case citing
supporting HARDTACK I.
The 8.9 megaton
though lagoon swimming is orf limits
for three days. At no time following
the 21 ocher tests is lagoon use re-
Rongelap: A Brookhaven report by Dr.
Robert Conard shows that after the
Rongelapese were returmed to their islands in July 1957, their tody burdens
of radioactivity rapidly increased. in
past tne -ear, the Roneelap reoples'
sOcv lavels cf radioactive cesium 13 ~if
rose 30-foid., strontium 99 rese 29Fold and cine 45 rase &-folc.
Deeins
at
lCneration HAROTACK (Fhase
Enewetax and
Tikini and
i
Ot ‘lawaii.
:
q
“stands and two hvdrogen tomos exolod-
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Enewetax,
Cactus
test
NUCLEAR CLOUD FROM ONE OF MANY :
TESTS
—_—_—_——_—
MAY 27 Enewetak: Ujelang Atoll, home of
test “lune 23) at 9.9 megatens: information on the other ctiasts remains cias-
taminated with radioactive fallout from
the Magnolia test.
The size of this
(Mav
13) at
1.37 megatons,
and Oak
Sliied.
I
the displaced Enewetak people, is con-
dlast remains classified, but indications are
:
"Even though...the radioactive
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(May 5) is listed at 18 kilotons, Noa
test
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2)
contamination of Rongelap Island
is considered perfectly safe for
Auman Sabitation,
the levels of
it
is in the magaton range.
JUNE 11 Bikini: Ailinginae and Wotho
Atolls are contaminated with radioactive fallout from the Maple test.
activity are higher than those
AUGUST 18 Enewetak: With the Fig test,
in the world. The habitation of
these people on the island will
afford most valuable ecological
radiation data on human beings.”
Brookhaven National Laboratory
TACK I, the U.S. concludes its nuclear
testing program in the Marshall Islands,
found in cther inhabited locations
3-year report on Rongelap and
Utirsk.
the last explosion in Operation HARD-
following 66 announced atomic and hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini (23) and
Enewetak (43), More than $2.5 billion
is spent during the testing program in
the Marshalls.
#
MAY =newertak:
ed
in the atmosphere near Jonnston Is»and., approximately 740 miles southwes: -
th, CN ee en Oe
clear blasts, living within 10-20 miles
of the explosions.
More than 90 naval
vessels and 40 planes are involved in
i
i
1
tioned on Enewetak Isiand during Operation HARDTACK I.
They witness 2? nua
ae
.
1954.
continues
t"rough August.
This series
wnciudes i2 nuclear tests ‘22 ac Enewetak), ome test north of the Marshnail
'
Se ee
<wajalein: With the completion of the
Enewetak: Military personnel are sta-
2 OS ee
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