Place

Kili Island

Small island with no lagoon in the southern Marshall Islands, the Bikinians' home from November 1948.

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Removal of Bikini's inhabitants their third home in two years, from November 1948 Primary record 1 2 3

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A history of the people of Bikini following nuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands: with recollections and views of elders of Bikini Atoll, Health Physics, vol. 73, no. 1 (July 1997), 1997. Scholarship & press
the 184 Bikinians set sail once again. This time the destination was Kili Island, their third community relocation in 2 y.
Kili differs substantially from Bikini because it is only o single island of one-third of a square mile in land area with no lagoon
Report of the Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes, Calin Georgescu, Addendum: Mission to the Marshall Islands and the United States of America (A/HRC/21/48/Add.1), United Nations Human Rights Council, 3 Sep 2012. Primary record
Indeed, in 1998, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommended that the Atoll not be permanently resettled under the present radiological conditions or until certain specified remediation action had been taken.
Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, Final Report, Chapter 12: The Marshallese, U.S. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (copy on the U.S. Department of Energy Openness site), 1995. Primary record
Today, the Bikinians remain scattered around the Marshall Islands, while a new radiological cleanup of their atoll is in progress.

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