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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 18. August 2008 / Timeline August 18, 2008
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08/18/2008
Nursing a nuclear test hangover
Today, 50 years after the US military's nuclear tests on the Marshall Islands ended, islanders are still fighting to make their environment safe. A US radioactive dump is cracking up, but Washington is refusing to spend any more money on a clean-up. Ivan Broadhead reports.
'The equivalent of 1.6 Hiroshima bombs was dropped on our tiny country every day of the 12-year test period," says Jack Ading, the Marshall Islands Finance Minister and Enewetak's senator. "Two of Enewetak's islands were vapourised," he says.
Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/world/nursing-a-nuclear-test-hangover-20080818-3x86.html
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