HISTORY - During the 40s and the 50s, Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands had been the site of 23 nuclear tests. In 1946, The United States ordered the Bikini Atoll residents
![Remarkable': Scientists amazed by thriving marine life at Bikini Atoll site where 23 atomic bombs were dropped | The Independent | The Independent Remarkable': Scientists amazed by thriving marine life at Bikini Atoll site where 23 atomic bombs were dropped | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/10/28/19/pg-24-bikini-atoll-2-cc.jpg?width=1200)
Remarkable': Scientists amazed by thriving marine life at Bikini Atoll site where 23 atomic bombs were dropped | The Independent | The Independent
![Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable | Marshall Islands | The Guardian Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable | Marshall Islands | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bffa478a2a0d6e74c00669581f139a6768be214b/0_414_5216_3128/500.jpg?quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=40e0210e2ba89b26b26c3eb1bc28bc69)
Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable | Marshall Islands | The Guardian
![70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive 70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/crossroad-1800.jpg)