1954 bikini event

Nuclear Weapons Today Monday, April 28, Atomic Testing and American Politics. Applying a mean effective cesium half-life of 8. Now, researchers from Columbia University have tested the area for harmful radiation to determine that the islands can now be considered habitable — all but Bikini Atoll. Text on this page is printable and can be used according to our Terms of Service. This era was grimly summarized in a then-classified report on the Bikini tests, which suggested that, with the coming of the 'Bomb,' it was possible to depopulate the earth, leaving only 'vestigial remnants of man's works. Retrieved 14 August

S government set up a secret project to study the medical effects of the weapon on the residents of the Marshall Islands. In May of the level of radioactive strontium in the well water on Bikini Island was found to exceed the U. Sample section taken from the book, For the Good of Mankind. Islands of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.