Rongelap

Geografi: Rongelap er en del af Marshalløerne i Stillehavet.
Natur, klima. Biodiversitet. Fauna og flora: Fisk. Fugle. Koralrev. Vådområder.
Nature, climate. Flora and fauna: Botanical gardens. Fish. Birds. Coral reefs. Wetlands
Flore et faune: Poissons. Oiseaux. Les récifs coralliens. Les zones humides.
Flora y fauna: Fish. Pájaros. Los arrecifes de coral. Los humedales.
Natur, Klima. Flora und Fauna: Botanische Gärten. Fisch. Vögeln. Korallenriffe. Feuchtgebiet, Feuchtbiotop.
International Network of Basin Organizations / Det internationale netværk af flodbassin organisationer.
- http://www.inbo-news.org/spip.php?sommaire&lang=en:
Historie: Tysk koloniseret 1884.
Amerikanske, atmosfæriske, kernevåbenforsøg i perioden 1946-1958. Castle Bravo brintbombeforsøget i det nærliggende Bikini i 1954 forurenede atollen og alle dens indbyggere blev syge. Het einde van de wereld (1995) er en hollandsk dokumentarfilm om situationen for befolkningen i Rongelapatollen om deres erstatning efter massiv radioaktiv nedfald og forurening af deres levesteder, efter den amerikanske 'Bravo'H-bombtest over den nærliggende Bikini i 1954. Arkiv optagelser. Interview med den dommer i Rongelap John Anjain på Majuro (Marshalløerne), som beretter den efterfølgende: evakuering fra Rongelap tre dage efter eksplosionen, genbosættelse efter »all-clear'sign af amerikanske forskere, tre år senere, stigende antal thyreoidea-tumorer og dødsfald, mistanken om at være "menneskelig forsøgskaniner", genbosættelse på Ebye og Majetto på Kwajalein-atollen i 1985. Ofrene, skuffelsen, deres lediggang i nutiden og om en senatsudvalgshøring i den amerikanske kongres, som ville blive efterfulgt af et forlig på 45 millioner dollars: Rongelap's Nuclear Claims Tribunal Award eller The Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal 1988 og Hearing on the Changed Circumstances Petition (CCP) US Congress House Joint Hearings Resources Committee and Foreign Affairs Pacific Area.May 25, 2005. Hele rædselsberetningen om Rongelap er beskrevet og dokumenteret i Before the Nuclear Claims Tribunal, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2007. - 35 s.
- http://www.nuclearclaimstribunal.com/RONGELAP_FINAL.pdf
Marshallisere udsat for uheld
Projekt 4,1 var betegnelsen for en medicinsk undersøgelse foretaget af USA af de beboerei Marshalløerne som var udsat for radioaktivt nedfald fra 1 marts 1954 Castle Bravo atomprøvesprængningen på Bikini-atollen, som var uventet stor.
/ Marshallese accidentally exposed
Project 4.1 was the designation for a medical study conducted by the United States of those residents of the Marshall Islands exposed to radioactive fallout from the March 1, 1954 Castle Bravo nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, which had an unexpectedly large yield.

Litteratur

A Report on the People of Rongelap and Utirik Relative to Medical Aspects of the March 1, 1954 Incident Injury, Examination, and Treatment / Presented by The Special Joint Committee Concerning Rongelap and Utirik Atolls (Public Law No. 4C-33) to the Fifth Congress of Micronesia, First Regular Session. February 1973. - 299 s.
U.S. Government: Marshall Islands Nuclear Weapons Tests - Bikini, Rongelap, Enewetak, Utrok, Eugelab Atolls, First Hydrogen Bomb - Crossroads, Ivy, Mike Tests, Radiation, Health and Environmental Effects (CD-ROM).
Commission on Life Sciences: Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, National Academic Press, (1994) .
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2352&page=98
Compensation for the People of Rongelap and Utirik. A Report By The Special Joint Committee Concerning Rongelap and. Utirik Atolls to the Fifth Congress of Micronesia. Second Regular Session, February 28, 19?4 - 97 s.
Castle Bravo nuclear test, 1954 compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston, 2005.
Database of radiological incidents and related events--Johnston's Archive
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/1954USA1.html
Martini Gotjé interviewed on Waiheke Radio (July 17, 2010).
http://www.archive.org/details/MartiniGotj
Memorandum of understanding by and between the republic of the Marshall Islands, the Rongeiap atoll local government council, the United States department of energy office of environment, safety and health and the united states departmentof the interior, office of territorial and international affairs: Memorandum made for the Rongelap resettlement project, 1992. - 13 s.
Radiation effects in the Marshall Islands. / : Jacob Robbins, William H. Adams. Clinical Endocrinology Branch, National Institutes of Heaith, Bethesda, Maryland: Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA. udateret. - 14 s.
- http://www.yokwe.net/ydownloads/RadiationEffectsintheMarshallIslands.pdf
A Twenty-year review of medical findings in a Marshallese population accidentally exposed to radioactive fallout. / : Robert A. Conard et al., Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1975 - 154 sider
Genudgivet som: Review of medical findings in a Marshallese population accidentally exposed to radioactive fallout. / : Robert A. Conard et al., Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1980. - 155 s.
- http://www.hss.energy.gov/healthsafety/ihs/marshall/collection/data/ihp1d/63027e.pdf
Thyroid Absorbed Dose for People at Rongelap, Utirik, and Sifo on March 1,1954 : A Report / Edward T. Lessard, Robert P. Miltenberger, Robert A. Conard, Stephen V. Musolino, Janikiram R. Naidu, Anant Moorthy, and Carl J. Schopfer / Prepared for Roger Ray, Nevada Operations Office United States Department of Energy Safety and Environmental Protection Division Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, Long Island, New York, Undated. - 84 s.
- https://www.osti.gov/opennet/servlets/purl/16365783-cRMUbg/16365783.pdf

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