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THSTORICAL REVIEW
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,
Pacific
coast
off U.S.
Nevada and
Pacific
Atomic
Atomic
Atomic
Eniwetok
Nevada
Nevada
Eniwetok
Nevada
Hydrogen
Atoinie
Hydrogen
Atomic
Hydrogen
Atomic
Atomic
Test
Pniwetok
Nevada
Place
Nevada test site. Phere, as well as in the Pacity,
ty, Report of the Tiust Territory of Pacific Islands for 0"
OPNAU-P22-100F (Washington, 1919), LUD,
all tests were planned tor times when forecast weather conditions
minimized the possibility of fallout hazards. High-air bursts at the
vevada test site have produced no significant fallout; the damage has
been suecessilly confined to the controlled areca of the test ste
Previous to the 195-6 “Castle” mishap, biological damage from the
testing of atomic weapons was negligible. The Atomic Energy Cem
mission reported that four persons suffered hand bars on May 1
(O98, because of a failioe to handle radiated materials with adequai’
protection?
One of the major problems in the Marshall Islands stems from th
wore conducted at (he
In contrast to the tests of high-yield thermonuclear devices at the
Pacific Proving Grounds, onlyrelatively small nuclear test explosters
Redwing
wam
Teapot
indstone
Ranger
Greenhouse
Buster-Jangle
‘Faumbler-Snapper
Ivy
Upshot-Knothole
Castle
lime
TABLE TL. U.S. Trersoxucrear Vestine from 1948 Tiroucit 193K,
onstrated the feasibility of the atomic weapon. ‘tito devices we fitad
at Operations Crossroads on Bikini Avotlin July, L946, for informa
tton concerning the effects of atomic bursts on ships. “Phe first tal!
seule thermonuclear device was cxploded in the Pacific Proving
Grounds on November1, 1952. Subsequent tests took place as shows
in Vable L.
The first thermonuclear explosion-~Trinity—-in July, LOts, ders
recognize the authority of the paramount chief may regard the las!
as their own,
the soil, tenants who maintain their property in good condition ary
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TE SO SE,
which at best are infinitely poorer than
mt Landing operations are posstbic only be
Se Mach. Uhe unfavorable surf conditions |
reck cornbine to isolate the island during
thoat landing, Mtost of its 198 acres are planta
Wich suround a taro patch located in the cen!
ted anchorage, the unfavorable trade winds,
Lhe L956 Visiting Mission toured Jaluit Ato
Kili Island, some forty miles away. Since
auding strip nor mooring facilities, Ue plane ¢
tetint to move!
“ing on faluit. Since the use of Jabwar might ¢
“¢tlement for the land lost on Bikini, the disy
inodate some of the Caumilies from Kili on a re
nuble them to fish in the lagoon and grow [fog
n fabwar on Jaluit Atoll, Buildings had been
Sut, as efforts to find another atoll had been
wents had been made for the displaced islander
niained on March 10 that conditions on Bikini
fem returning there for many years, Uf ever,
uf their desire to return to their homeland, or ta
hiied toan island suitable to their needs.4
The United States High Commissioner, De
‘ad grownin their former habitat. Uhey infor
Nations Visiting Mission of their dissatisfaction
_ Ut tas heavier rainfall and richer soil Furth
were forced to learn new methods of cultivatil
culties in adjusting to their new home. Biki
voon, afforded its people the opportunity of m
ance of fish and good anchorage facilities for
wot possess. Bikini has a larger land area chau |
“tS to Kil. Che physical and climatic conditt
call differed fron: those on Bikini and the slat
vad in several stages, first to Rongerik, later
ly, LOTG, before the territory had been plac
be population of Bikini Atoll, numbering 16
saatic Islands Proving Grounds. The tirst of the
raplacemient of islanders as a result of the estar
Nuclear Tests in