The largest of these was the detonation of the Castle Bravo device on March 1 ... "What happened after Bravo, of course, was that a lot of the radioactive fallout was greatly amplified and ...

The Atomic Energy Commission code-named the nuclear test Castle Bravo ... experienced numerous health problems for decades after the Bravo shot, including birth defects and thyroid cancer.

Around two days after the test, the Department of Defense evacuated the islanders affected by the Castle Bravo test. Three years later, the Atomic Energy Commission allowed the islanders to return.

An interactive map developed by nuclearsecrecy.com paints a grim picture of the catastrophic damage that would be inflicted ...

Palm trees on Bikini Atoll about to be vaporised by Castle Bravo blast. (YouTube). Row of palm trees incinerated by 15,000 kiloton Castle Bravo test. (YouTube). Kim Jong-un is believed to want to ...

Author William Souder gives background to what went wrong during the Castle Bravo ... about the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus, revisits the Americas after… In his novel ...

The Bikinians had to evacuate their island before the U.S. military began nuclear ... This was the experience of the closest witnesses to Castle Bravo, a thermonuclear weapon detonated by the ...