Nuclear Energy Handbook
Bikini Atoll
external URL: http://www.bikiniatoll.com/
| Bikini Atoll is located in the central Pacific,
and is one of a number of atolls in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It is perhaps best known for its role in
a series of nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the 1940s and 1950s. |
- history
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reparations for damages
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radiological cleanup
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resettlement program
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| URL: | http://www.bikiniatoll.com/
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| language: | English
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| originator: | unknown
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| country: | Marshall Islands
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| access: | open to the general public
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| type of data: | textual information
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| type of site: | non-commercial site
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| subject category: | health and safety aspects
| health and safety issues, radiation protection
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| INIS/ETDE category: | radiation, thermal, and other pollutant effects on living organisms and biological materials
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| keywords: | environment
| nuclear weapons / nuclear disarmament / non-proliferation
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