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Bikini Atoll nuclear legacy: displaced islanders and scientists' giant discovery

Original: 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.

Why now: Renewed interest in the long-term consequences of US nuclear testing in the Pacific after reports of scientists' findings at the former test site.

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