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Friday, February 12, 2010

Is the Bikini Atoll Ready for Resettlement?

From Treehugger:

bikini atoll nuclear explosion photo
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In the 1950s, the United States dropped a total of 76.8 megatons of nuclear bombs onto the Marshall Islands, with most of the detonations centered around the Bikini Atoll. Due to high-altitude winds and other factors, the fallout spread across several islands in the area including the Rongelap and Utrok Atolls.

Now, researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory believe that with a few simple precautions the islands could be resettled—and that residents would experience a lower background radiation level than that present in the United States or Europe.

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