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Rongelap Atoll /ˈrɒŋɡəlæp/ RONG-gə-lap (Marshallese: Ron̄ļap, [rʷɔŋʷ(ɔ)lˠɑpʲ]) is an
uninhabited coral atoll of 61
islands (or motus) in the
Pacific Ocean...
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Rongelap Airport is a
public use
airstrip at
Rongelap on
Rongelap Atoll,
Marshall Islands.
Rongelap Airport has one
runway measuring 3,950 x 100 ft (1...
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pulverized surface coral from the detonation, fell on
residents of
Rongelap and
Utirik atolls,
while the more
particulate and
gaseous fallout spread...
- than expected. The
nuclear fallout spread eastward onto the
inhabited Rongelap and
Rongerik Atolls.
These islands were not
evacuated before the explosion...
- (with a 28% to 69%
uncertainty range)
among 82
persons exposed in 1954 on
Rongelap Atoll and
Ailinginae Atoll, 10% (2.4% to 22%) for 157
persons exposed on...
- Johnston,
Barbara Rose (2008). The
Consequential Damages of
Nuclear War: The
Rongelap Report.
Walnutt Cr****: Left
Coast Press. ISBN 978-1-59874-346-3. Jones...
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Kwajalein Atoll Lae
Atoll Lib
Island Namdrik Atoll Namu
Atoll Rongdrik Atoll Rongelap Atoll Ujae
Atoll Ujelang Atoll Wotho Atoll The Rālik
Chain is home to the...
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Project 4.1 report, the
Bravo test
exposed 239
Marshallese on the Utirik,
Rongelap, and
Ailinginae Atolls to
significant level of radiation, and 28 Americans...
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spread across the
inhabited islands of the
Rongelap, Rongerik, and
Utrik Atolls. The
inhabitants of
Rongelap and
Rongerik Atolls were
evacuated by servicemen...
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against nuclear testing.
After relocating 300
Marshall Islanders from
Rongelap Atoll,
which had been
polluted by
radioactive fallout by past American...
