Anniversary of US Nuclear Test in Marshall Islands
51 years ago today, in one of the most notorious chapters of the Cold War, the U.S. carried out its largest ever hydrogen bomb test, code named"Bravo," at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands of the central Pacific. Although wind patterns had shifted, the test was carried out as planned, rocketing vaporized coral 100,000 feet into the sky and showering fallout on the people of nearby Rongelap Atoll. "Bravo" was just one of 67 atomic and thermonuclear tests carried out in the Marshalls: equivalent in explosive power to a Hiroshima blast every week for a dozen years, and the effects of Bravo's drifting fallout continue to be felt. Survivors of the test gathered today to mark the tragic anniversary, and accused US authorities of lying about the effects of radiation. Dave Kattenburg visited Rongelap, and files this report, 51 years after the fallout.
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/
http://www.nuclearclaimstribunal.com/testing.htm
http://www.rmiembassyus.org/nuclear/chronology.html
