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- 1Bikini Atoll nuclear legacy: displaced islanders and scientists' giant discovery●23 US nuclear tests forced Bikini Atoll residents from their homes; decades later, scientists found giant
The United States conducted 23 nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, forcing residents from their homes in the 1940s and 1950s. Decades later, scientists surveying the site reportedly discovered something giant there, drawing renewed attention to the lasting environmental and human costs of the testing program.