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were measured, heavy fallout areas down-wind from the blast
areas with intermediaz-
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fallout areas where the Lowest expoture rates were measured.
The location,
code name and year of each announced
nuclear weapons test
From the locations of the tests it can be seen that
the blast areas
include the wesez
on tip of Eneman, Lomilix
near the center of the Aomen-Iroij Comolex,
western reef near Nam.
and the north-
Since the prevailing winds in the
area are generally in a westerly or southwesterly direction,
the heavy fallout areas are primarily the islands of the
southwestern reef.
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ure rates,
There were exceptions to the normal
wind pattern, however, most notably for shot Bravo in 1954
when unexpected high altitude winds carried fallout eastward
over Bikini Island and on to the Marshallese natives of
Rongelap Atoll.
Thus some of the non-blast areas, which
include the islands of Bikini, Eneu, and the eastern half
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experienced lesser but not
insignificant amounts of local fallout.
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The island of Eneu
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of the Aerokoj-Eneman Complex,