How Did Nuclear Weapons Testing Affect People in the Northern Marshall Islands?
From 1946 to 1958, the U.S. military conducted 67 nuclear weapon tests in the northern part of the Marshall Islands. Of these, 23 were conducted in the Bikini Atoll and 44 in or near the Enewetak Atoll. Prior to the tests, people living on these islands moved to other islands to avoid nuclear exposure. For […]