Radiation Persists in Marshall Islands Following Cold War Nuclear Tests

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published August 2, 2019 at 12:45 PM CDT

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Castle Bravo, a high-yield thermonuclear weapon detonated March 1, 1954 on Bikini Atoll was among 67 nuclear bombs tested by the U.S. on the Marshall Islands during the Cold War.

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New independent research conducted by a Columbia University team of scientists reveals persistent radiation levels in the northern Marshall Islands where the U.S. conducted a series of Cold War nuclear weapons tests in the mid-20th century.