L'èxode dels habitants de Bikini | Les proves a Enewetak | L'operació Castle Bravo | Les proves nuclears en l'actualitat 
Entre el 1946 i el 1958 l'exèrcit dels Estats Units va dur a terme proves nuclears a les Illes Marshall de manera continuada, 43 a l'atol Enewetak, 23 a l'atol Bikini, i una aproximadament a 85 milles d'Enewetak. En conjunt les 67 proves nuclears van tenir una potència 7.000 vegades superior a la bomba llençada sobre Hiroshima. La més destacada va ser la bomba d'Hidrogen anomenada Bravo, amb una força equivalent a 1.000 vegades la bomba d'Hiroshima. Les bombes van tenir importants repercussions en el medi ambient així com en la salut de les persones, fins i tot en poblacions suposadament allunyades del perill com Rongelap o Utrik, que a causa dels vents i les pluges àcides van estar sotmeses a radiacions nuclears. Els habitants d'Enewetak i Bikini van haver de patir, a més, l'expulsió de les seves terres. Detonacions de proves nuclears de l’exèrcit dels estats Units a les Illes Marshall [1] |
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Listing of Nuclear Tests in the Marshall Islands: A Chronology of Events
Test # | Date | Site | Type | Yield (kt.) | Operation | Test |
1 | 6/30/46 | Bikini | Airdrop | 21.00 | CROSSROADS | ABLE |
2 | 7/24/46 | Bikini | Underwater | 21.00 | CROSSROADS | BAKER |
3 | 4/14/48 | Enewetak | Tower | 37.00 | SANDSTONE | XRAY |
4 | 4/30/48 | Enewetak | Tower | 49.00 | SANDSTONE | YOKE |
5 | 5/14/48 | Enewetak | Tower | 18.00 | SANDSTONE | ZEBRA |
6 | 4/7/51 | Enewetak | Tower | 81.00 | GREENHOUSE | DOG |
7 | 4/20/51 | Enewetak | Tower | 47.00 | GREENHOUSE | EASY |
8 | 5/8/51 | Enewetak | Tower | 225.00 | GREENHOUSE | GEORGE |
9 | 5/24/51 | Enewetak | Tower | 45.50 | GREENHOUSE | ITEM |
10 | 10/31/52 | Enewetak | Surface | 10,400.00 | IVY | MIKE |
11 | 11/15/52 | Enewetak | Air Drop | 500.00 | IVY | KING |
12 | 2/28/54 | Bikini | Surface | 15,000.00 | CASTLE | BRAVO |
13 | 3/26/54 | Bikini | Barge | 11,000.00 | CASTLE | ROMEO |
14 | 4/6/54 | Bikini | Surface | 110.00 | CASTLE | KOON |
15 | 4/25/54 | Bikini | Barge | 6,900.00 | CASTLE | UNION |
16 | 5/4/54 | Bikini | Barge | 13,500.00 | CASTLE | YANKEE |
17 | 5/13/54 | Enewetak | Barge | 1,690.00 | CASTLE | NECTAR |
18 | 5/2/56 | Bikini | Air Drop | 3,800.00 | REDWING | CHEROKEE |
19 | 5/4/56 | Enewetak | Surface | 40.00 | REDWING | LACROSSE |
20 | 5/27/56 | Bikini | Surface | 3,500.00 | REDWING | ZUNI |
21 | 5/27/56 | Enewetak | Tower | 0.19 | REDWING | YUMA |
22 | 5/30/56 | Enewetak | Tower | 14.90 | REDWING | ERIE |
23 | 6/6/56 | Enewetak | Surface | 13.70 | REDWING | SEMINOLE |
24 | 6/11/56 | Bikini | Barge | 365.00 | REDWING | FLATHEAD |
25 | 6/11/56 | Enewetak | Tower | 8.00 | REDWING | BLACKFOOT |
26 | 6/13/56 | Enewetak | Tower | 1.49 | REDWING | KICKAPOO |
27 | 6/16/56 | Enewetak | Air Drop | 1.70 | REDWING | OSAGE |
28 | 6/21/56 | Enewetak | Tower | 15.20 | REDWING | INCA |
29 | 6/25/56 | Bikini | Barge | 1,100.00 | REDWING | DAKOTA |
30 | 7/2/56 | Enewetak | Tower | 360.00 | REDWING | MOHAWK |
31 | 7/8/56 | Enewetak | Barge | 1,850.00 | REDWING | APACHE |
32 | 7/10/56 | Bikini | Barge | 4,500.00 | REDWING | NAVAJO |
33 | 7/20/56 | Bikini | Barge | 5,000.00 | REDWING | TEWA |
34 | 7/21/56 | Enewetak | Barge | 250.00 | REDWING | HURON |
35 | 4/28/58 | Near Enewetak | Balloon | 1.70 | HARDTACK I | YUCCA |
36 | 5/5/58 | Enewetak | Surface | 18.00 | HARDTACK I | CACTUS |
37 | 5/11/58 | Bikini | Barge | 1,360.00 | HARDTACK I | FIR |
38 | 5/11/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 81.00 | HARDTACK I | BUTTERNUT |
39 | 5/12/58 | Enewetak | Surface | 1,370.00 | HARDTACK I | KOA |
40 | 5/16/58 | Enewetak | Underwater | 9.00 | HARDTACK I | WAHOO |
41 | 5/20/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 5.90 | HARDTACK I | HOLLY |
42 | 5/21/58 | Bikini | Barge | 25.10 | HARDTACK I | NUTMEG |
43 | 5/26/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 330.00 | HARDTACK I | YELLOWWOOD |
44 | 5/26/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 57.00 | HARDTACK I | MAGNOLIA |
45 | 5/30/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 11.60 | HARDTACK I | TOBACCO |
46 | 5/31/58 | Bikini | Barge | 92.00 | HARDTACK I | SYCAMORE |
47 | 6/2/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 15.00 | HARDTACK I | ROSE |
48 | 6/8/58 | Enewetak | Underwater | 8.00 | HARDTACK I | UMBRELLA |
49 | 6/10/58 | Bikini | Barge | 213.00 | HARDTACK I | MAPLE |
50 | 6/14/58 | Bikini | Barge | 319.00 | HARDTACK I | ASPEN |
51 | 6/14/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 1,450.00 | HARDTACK I | WALNUT |
52 | 6/18/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 11.00 | HARDTACK I | LINDEN |
53 | 6/27/58 | Bikini | Barge | 412.00 | HARDTACK I | REDWOOD |
54 | 6/27/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 880.00 | HARDTACK I | ELDER |
55 | 6/28/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 8,900.00 | HARDTACK I | OAK |
56 | 6/29/58 | Bikini | Barge | 14.00 | HARDTACK I | HICKORY |
57 | 7/1/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 5.20 | HARDTACK I | SEQUOIA |
58 | 7/2/58 | Bikini | Barge | 220.00 | HARDTACK I | CEDAR |
59 | 7/5/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 397.00 | HARDTACK I | DOGWOOD |
60 | 7/12/58 | Bikini | Barge | 9,300.00 | HARDTACK I | POPLAR |
61 | 7/14/58 | Enewetak | Barge | LOW | HARDTACK I | SCAEVOLA |
62 | 7/17/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 255.00 | HARDTACK I | PISONIA |
63 | 7/22/58 | Bikini | Barge | 65.00 | HARDTACK I | JUNIPER |
64 | 7/22/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 202.00 | HARDTACK I | OLIVE |
65 | 7/26/58 | Enewetak | Barge | 2,000.00 | HARDTACK I | PINE |
66 | 8/6/58 | Enewetak | Surface | FIZZ | HARDTACK I | QUINCE |
67 | 8/18/58 | Enewetak | Surface | 0.02 | HARDTACK I | FIG |