PACIFIG THSTORICAL REVIEW & Wig- Summer 1956 Spring 1955 spring [918 . Winter 1950-51 Spring 1951 Fall 1951 Spring 1952 Fall 1952 Spring 1953 Spring 1954 , 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 380 ‘‘ N. Nastting Misston, ofp. cil, 77-79. 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