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  2. Bikini Atoll - Wikipedia

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    Bikini Atoll (/ ˈ b ɪ k ɪ ˌ n iː / or / b ɪ ˈ k iː n i /; Marshallese: Pikinni, [pʲiɡinnʲi], lit. ' coconut place '), [2] known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century and 1946, [3] is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km 2) central lagoon.

  3. Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll consisted of the detonation of 23 (or 24 [a]) nuclear weapons by the United States between 1946 and 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Tests occurred at 7 test sites on the reef itself, on the sea, in the air, and underwater. [ 2 ]

  4. Pacific Proving Grounds - Wikipedia

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    Six very large nuclear tests were conducted at the Bikini Atoll and the Enewetak Atoll as part of Operation Castle in 1954. The most notable was Castle Bravo, which was the first deployable (dry fuel) hydrogen bomb developed by the United States. Its yield, at 15 Mt, was over twice as powerful as was predicted, and remains the largest weapon ...

  5. As coral reefs face unprecedented heat, scientists ... - AOL

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    The group is working to restore 5 acres of coral reef in Puerto Rico by planting fragments across six reefs and returning long-spined sea urchins to the ecosystem.

  6. No Place to Hide (Bradley book) - Wikipedia

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    In the summer of 1946, 42,000 military personnel and military scientists assembled on the Bikini Atoll, a coral reef in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific – some 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii – for Operation Crossroads, a joint effort led by the United States Navy (USN); the United States Marine Corps (USMC); the United States Army (USA); the United States Air Force (USAF); and the ...

  7. Thomas F. Goreau - Wikipedia

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    His work on coral reefs began in 1947, when, as a student, he became involved with the Bikini Atoll atom bomb test site in the Marshall Islands as a chemist. As the diver who collected radioactive specimens from the lagoons, he most likely received lethal radiation exposure.

  8. Difference Maker: Vina Mikkelsen keeps the memory of Pearl ...

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    In 1946, a year after the war ended, he watched the first U.S. nuclear bomb tests in Bikini Atoll. He was stationed in Billings, where one of his sisters lived, in 1950.

  9. Category:Bikini Atoll - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Bikini Atoll" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.