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    Rongelap Atoll (/ˈrɒŋɡəlæp/ RONG-gə-lap; Marshallese: Ron̄ļap, [rʷɔŋʷ(ɔ)lˠɑpʲ]) is an uninhabited coral atoll of 61 islands (or motus) in the Pacific...
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    across the inhabited islands of the Rongelap, Rongerik, and Utrik Atolls. The inhabitants of Rongelap and Rongerik Atolls were evacuated by servicemen two...
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    the Rongelap Atoll, which was subject to nuclear contamination after the test of the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb in 1954. In 1991, he and the Rongelap People...
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  • Rongelap Airport is a public use airstrip at Rongelap on Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands. Rongelap Airport has one runway measuring 3,950 x 100 ft (1...
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    Island Kwajalein Atoll Lae Atoll Lib Island Namdrik Atoll Namu Atoll Rongdrik Atoll Rongelap Atoll Ujae Atoll Ujelang Atoll Wotho Atoll The Rālik Chain...
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    District. Ailinginae Atoll and Rongerik Atoll traditionally belong to Rongelap Atoll Erikub Atoll belongs to the people of Wotja Atoll Jemo Island belongs...
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    Islands portal Also contaminated by Castle Bravo test: Rongelap Atoll, Utirik Atoll, Ailinginae Atoll Desert island List of islands Marshallese-English Dictionary...
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    board the ship Florida on 29 December 1527. Together with Rongelap, Ailinginae and Toke atolls, they were charted as Islas de los Reyes (Islands of the...
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    confidence in 2018 following a dispute regarding the designation of Rongelap Atoll, with later investigation determining that some of her opponents in...
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    Marshall Islands senate as a representative of the people of Rongelap Atoll, a coral atoll of 61 islands. Most Rongelapese are now in exile. A total of...
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    91 sq mi). It is located approximately 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) west of Rongelap Atoll. The landscape is low-lying with only the top 3 meters (9.8 ft) above...
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    Pacific Proving Grounds (category Bikini Atoll)
    persons exposed in 1954 on Rongelap Atoll and Ailinginae Atoll, 10% (2.4% to 22%) for 157 persons exposed on Utirik Atoll, and 2.2% (0.5% to 4.8%) and...
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  • James Matayoshi (born 1968) is the mayor of Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. He was appointed as Rongelap's mayor in 1995 and has served as chairman...
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    69% uncertainty range) among 82 persons exposed in 1954 on Rongelap Atoll and Ailinginae Atoll. Most of the individuals exposed did not immediately show...
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  • of residents of Rongelap Atoll, who were victims of nuclear fallout stemming from the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1954. Eknilang...
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    Bikini Atoll, there was international concern over the radioactive fallout experienced by residents of nearby Rongelap Atoll and Utirik Atoll and by the...
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    Rongelap Atoll – Kenneth A. Kedi (IND) Ujae Atoll – Atbi Riklon (IND) Utirik Atoll – Amenta Matthew (KEA) Wotho Atoll – David Kabua (AKA) Wotje Atoll...
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    exposure (disambiguation) Radiophobia Relative biological effectiveness Rongelap Atoll Soviet submarine K-19 Washdown Category:Deaths by acute radiation syndrome...
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    Nuclear terrorism Orders of magnitude (radiation) Prehydrated electrons Rongelap Atoll "A Fact Sheet for Physicians". CDC. CDC Radiation Emergencies Acute...
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    Operation Crossroads (category Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll)
    Bravo caused radiation injury to Bikini islanders who were living on Rongelap Atoll. The brief attempt to resettle Bikini from 1972 until 1978 was aborted...
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    'Namu Atoll' Pikinni [pʲiɡinnʲi], 'Bikini Atoll' Roñdik [rʷɔŋʷ(ɯ)rʲik], 'Rongerik (Rongdrik) Atoll' Roñḷap [rʷɔŋʷ(ɔ)lˠɑpʲ], 'Rongelap Atoll' Wōtto [wʌttˠɔ]...
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    Naval Base Marshall Islands (category Kwajalein Atoll)
    Airfield. Bikini Atoll, Fleet PO Box 3078, Operation Crossroads test site Rongelap Atoll, Fleet PO Box 3244, former Japan base, Atoll islanders were evacuated...
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    against nuclear testing. After relocating 300 Marshall Islanders from Rongelap Atoll, which had been polluted by radioactive fallout by past American nuclear...
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    operates flights to Bikini Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll, Rongelap Atoll and Jeh and Woja on Ailinglaplap Atoll. The flight schedule has most...
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    was instrumental for 'Operation Exodus', the evacuation of about 300 Rongelap Atoll islanders whose home had been contaminated with nuclear fallout from...
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    000 d/m/gm from the most contaminated soil samples at Rongelap Atoll, and 950 d/m/gm at Majuro Atoll, several hundred miles south of the fallout pattern...
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    house of RMI's unicameral legislature, the Nitijela. (Majuro, the capital atoll, elects five senators.) The President, who is head of state as well as head...
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  • Islands. Angaur 8 State of Palau. Rongelap Atoll 8 Atoll and administrative district of Marshall Islands. Wotje Atoll 8 Atoll and administrative district of...
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    bomb test in the Marshall Islands was such that the inhabitants of the Rongelap Atoll were forced to abandon their island. Three years later the islanders...
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    against nuclear testing. In May, it relocated 300 Marshall Islanders from Rongelap Atoll, which had been polluted by radioactive fallout from past American nuclear...
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