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The United States Brought the People of Bikini Back to Their Atoll Around 1970: Eight Years Later, They Had to Be Taken Back as a Matter of Urgency.

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In 1969, Washington announced that Bikini had returned to life. Marshal families who had been exiled for more than twenty years returned home. But in 1978, medical analyses revealed alarming radioactive contamination, forcing a fresh and hasty start. This tragedy summed up one of the darkest chapters of the Cold War in the Pacific.
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In 1969, Washington announced that Bikini had returned to life. Marshal families who had been exiled for more than twenty years returned home. But in 1978, medical analyses revealed alarming radioactive contamination, forcing a fresh and hasty start. This tragedy summed up one of the darkest chapters of the Cold War in the Pacific.

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SciencePost broke the news on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
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