Les proves nuclears

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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

[1] Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Washington D.C. Nuclear Issues.