The story of Castle Bravo

The 15-megaton U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll on 1 March 1954, whose fallout reached Rongelap, Utirik, U.S. servicemen and a Japanese fishing boat.

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1 Mar 1954

Castle Bravo. The 15-megaton U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll on 1 March 1954, whose fallout reached Rongelap, Utirik, U.S. servicemen and a Japanese fishing boat.

Castle Bravo involved the United States government, the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, Government of the Marshall Islands, Rongelap Atoll, Utirik Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll.

According to Government of the Marshall Islands.

Castle Bravo harmed Daigo Fukuryu Maru, Lijon Eknilang, Rongelap Atoll and Utirik Atoll.

According to Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and Lijon Eknilang, each in its own account.

Castle Bravo caused Fallout on the Lucky Dragon No. 5 and Project 4.1.

Castle Bravo led to Marshallese petition to the United Nations, 1954 and Fallout on the Lucky Dragon No. 5.

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