The exodus of the inhabitants of Bikini | The tests on Enewetak | Operation Castle Bravo | Nuclear testing today 
Between 1946 and 1958, the United States Army carried out nuclear tests on the Marshall Islands almost continuously: 43 on Enewetak Atoll, 23 on Bikini Atoll, and one about85 milesfrom Enewetak. Altogether, the 67 nuclear tests had a power 7,000 times greater than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The most notable was the hydrogen bomb known as Bravo, which had a force equivalent to 1,000 times the Hiroshima bomb. These bombs had significant repercussions, both for the environment as well as for the health of the people, even for populations supposedly far from the danger, such as Rongelap or Utrik which, due to the winds and acid rain, were also subjected to nuclear radiation. The inhabitants of Enewetak and Bikini had to suffer, in addition, the expulsion from their lands. Detonations of nuclear tests by the United States Army in the Marshall Islands [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 |