Gamma radiation
americium.
also comes from cesium and cobalt,
At Bikini
Atoll,
and a tittle oomas from
the samounts of Plutonium and
americlum are
far
Jean than on the Enewvatak Atoll.
TINY PARTICLES AND ASHES Of ATOM BOMBS (FALLOUT)
When an atomic bomb explodes,
it
takes up materials,
suoh as ruck,
soil,
water, and so forth, which join with the thinga that are radioaotive from the
bomb.
They rise rapidly into the air, and later fall back dow to the earth.
The tiny particles and ash of the bombs fell in tha lagoon,
in the ocaan, on
the islands, and the winds blew sone to places that are far away.
There were 23 atomic bombs tested at Bikini
Atoll.
atem bomb bests ak Bikini occurred on the islands,
Most took place in or over
the water with some on the reef between the islands.
swall
Only a few of the
In two atom bomb testa
pieces of the islands of Nam and Enirik were destroyed.
there are 11 U.S.
ships aunk in the laguon at Bikini 339 4 result of an atom
bomb tast involving ahips.
Zovernpeant
In addition,
tastad
these
The map on page 7 Shows the islands where the U.5,
bombs,
the
portions
of
the
islands
that
were
destroyed, and the lacakion of the sunken ships.
THE PLACES WHERE THE THINGS THAT ARE RADLOACTIVE ARE AT BIKINI
The picture ab
are within the soil,
soil.
bthe right
shows
Plutonium and
-the places where the radioactive things
ameriaium are in
tha upper
part
of the
Casium and strontium are in the soil that ia ahallow and alao in that
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alan