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Utirik Atoll

Atoll of the Marshall Islands, about 320 miles from Bikini, where fallout from the Bravo test fell on 1 March 1954.

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Also known as
Utrok Atoll
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Q700015

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  • Castle Bravo fallout fell here Primary record 1
  • Project 4.1 people examined every three years, then every year Primary record 1

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  1. 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
    The populations of the Rongelap and Utirik Atolls were evacuated, but not until after they had received serious radiation exposure (about 200 roentgens on Rongelap and about 20 on Utirik).
    On Utirik, exams were carried out every three years, then annually with the appearance of thyroid abnormalities.
    it has been found that there is as much thyroid cancer at Utirik as at Rongelap--3 cases each
  2. 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
    The nuclear weapon’s high explosive yield created a fallout cloud that covered Rongelap Atoll (100 miles from the blast site) and Utrok Atoll (320 miles from the blast site).
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