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captieal miles) ef the istand ‘iy cleariv ouart of the U.S,
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Shutscex and Oct. . policy far nuclear supremacy
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Leing iotended for develop
The coming test will have mental wer nvelear weapons
pt explosive power of about av AEM ans MIRYV,
12 megutens, tae ecuivelent
The spekesman said the
af 24 mes the power of the’
test,
althoveh oon
under'roshima atemiec bomb,
Zround one, does no! elim.
If the result of the ‘eer
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-sould prove favorable, - the: inate chance of radivactivity
coming out in the open.
He sid the commission
was afraid the test might
AEC would conduct tests of:
yreater magnitude on the is-)
‘and,
in that event, the Japanese
fishing industry would suffer!
a blow because of restriction |
of operations in one of the
world’s best three fishing
grounds and possible contami-}
nation of sea water and|
catch.
According to the Fishery
Agency, the Aleutians are ac:
tually the tops of a chain of
voleanoes jutting out .of the
ses surface and sea water
cause en accident similar -to.
the No. 5 Fukuryu Maru in- —
cident of 1954 in which 2
Japanese Rshing boat was.
showered
with radioactive.
dust in a hvdrogen Somb pee
on the Bikini Atoll.
coavin’ing abundas nutrients
‘rises from depths of 3,000 ft
5.0% “ineters ‘a the surface
ciong ‘Ae submarine parts of
‘the volearoes, creating an
ideal Pabite! for plonkton,
The sea abount: with ced}
‘fish, Ratfish, ha'ibut, salmen
trout and others.
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At present, abo 100 fish. !
ing boats from Japan, the So.!
wie Uniian and cther coun.
tries are operatiry in the.
nrea, arvording to ‘‘aivo Fish ery Co
The
"apanese fish ng cite ‘ea.
are Concerned Tf shorks from
the detonacion migt’ frighten
ewavorchooos dic co a Alaska:
eartr quake of Pant
They are turthe: concer
ed about possih'e
oiiaaetive
eaniamumation of ye
fish,
The test will he: es out
Aside 2 well, more char one
eHemeter deap, on the istand,
to kilometers Jong and five
kilometer wie,
Guder the circumstances,
the pocsibiity of radioactivity
cong from the explosion
seeping” through weak vol
-anic Jayers to contaminate
pore wate~ has been railed by
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