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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rebewranger on July 03, 2022, 11:46:15 am
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World’s most nuclear contaminated island left uninhabitable for 77 years
Jasper King - Yesterday 11:48 AM
In the middle of the Pacific Ocean lies the world’s most nuclear contaminated island, devastated since the days of the Hiroshima and Nagisaki nuclear attacks.
The small mysterious islands were used for testing after World War Two (Picture: Getty Images)
The small coral islands of Bikini Atoll have remained uninhabited since 1945 when atomic bombs were dropped in Japan and the United States started using them for nuclear tests.
The tiny population of 167 people were advised to move elsewhere by the military and told the tests were necessary to prevent any future wars.
No one has lived there since.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/world-s-most-nuclear-contaminated-island-left-uninhabitable-for-77-years/ar-AAZ7srR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=6601cd0e8f1640569ba9f2606ce1e0fe