vil TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY PARTICIPANTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix xii LIST OF TABLES SESSION | INTRODUCTORY SESSION OPENING REMARKS SELFeINTROCUCTION . SESSION Il THE 1954 *HERMONUCLEAR TEST INTRODUCTION 35 RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT AND RADIATION EXPOSURE 38 THE FUKURYU MARU (LUCKY CRAGON) AND THE PROBLEMS IN JAPAN £4 SESSION III THE 1954 THERMONUCLEAR TEST (Continued) THE MARSHALL ISLANDS PROBLEM IMPLICATIONS FOR DEFENSE POLICIES SESSION IV ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WEAPON TESTING INTRODUCTION 71 RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF PACIFIC REGION 173 SESSION V THE SPANISH INCIDENT INTRODUCTION 233 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCIDENT 234