Tag Archives: Bikini

Revealed: how a San Francisco navy lab became a hub for human radiation experiments via The Guardian

Posted on 2024/11/26 by nfield

In September 1956, Cpl Eldridge Jones found himself atop a sunbaked roof at an old army camp about an hour outside San Francisco, shoveling radioactive dirt. Too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam, Jones never saw combat. Instead, he … Continue reading →

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This Is What It’s Like to Witness a Nuclear Explosion via New York Times

Posted on 2022/04/02 by nfield

By Rod Buntzen In the early days of his war against Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin told the world that he had ordered his nation’s nuclear forces to a higher state of readiness. Ever since, pundits, generals and politicians have speculated about what … Continue reading →

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A Message from Ms. Setsuko Shimomoto下本節子さん証言via Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

Posted on 2022/03/26 by nfield

A Message from Ms. Setsuko Shimomoto Ms. Setsuko Shimomoto is originally from Muroto, a fishing village in Kochi, Japan. In the 1950s, Setsuko’s father was a fisherman who was exposed to the radioactive fallout from the nuclear testing near the … Continue reading →

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Learning material about the nuclear disaster and TPNW

Posted on 2022/02/21 by nfield

Supplementary material (English PDF) ビキニ教材資料 (Japanese PDF)

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Victim of 1954 U.S. H-bomb test over Bikini Atoll dies at 87via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2021/03/22 by nfield

[…] All 23 crew members were exposed to radioactive fallout from a hydrogen bomb test conducted by the United States on March 1, 1954. A crew member in charge of operating the ship’s ham radio died just six months after … Continue reading →

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The Poison and the Tomb via Mashable

Posted on 2018/02/25 by nfield

Between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. nuked the Marshall Islands 67 times: The effects could be compared to dropping 1.6 Hiroshima bombs every day for 12 years. When the tests ended in 1958, forced displacement and radiation poisoning had already … Continue reading →

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Japan Health Insurance Association rejects claims by ex-fishermen exposed to Bikini Atoll radiation via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/12/27 by nfield

KOCHI – Worker compensation claims by former fishermen and others over health damage from exposure to radiation caused by U.S. hydrogen bomb tests on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in 1954 have been rejected, it was learned Tuesday. The Japan Health … Continue reading →

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Playing at nuclear war via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2017/12/15 by nfield

Timothy Westmyer […] Playing nuclear war in virtual reality. A great piece of art—whether it is a film, a painting, or even a video game—has the ability to provoke emotions and push the viewer to see an issue from a new … Continue reading →

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UT Student Spent Summer Conducting Tests at Nuclear Sites in Pacific via Tennessee Today

Posted on 2016/09/17 by norma field

[…] Stratz was the lone student taking part in the recent radiation survey of former United States atomic and thermonuclear test sites in the islands on a team led by Terry Hamilton, scientific director of the Marshall Islands Program at … Continue reading →

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A World War Has Begun. Break the Silence. via Information Clearninghouse

Posted on 2016/08/08 by norma field

John Pilger April 17, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – I have been filming in the Marshall Islands, which lie north of Australia, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Whenever I tell people where I have been, they ask, “Where … Continue reading →

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