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Nuclear testing begins at Bikini Atoll

1946 CE · Marshall Islands, Oceania · Science

Nuclear testing begins at Bikini Atoll
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Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll consisted of the detonation of 23 nuclear weapons by the United States between 1946 and 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Tests occurred at seven test sites on the reef itself, on the sea, in the air, and underwater. The test weapons produced a combined yield of about 77–78. 6 Mt of TNT in explosive power.

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