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Cold War fallout for Brookhaven National Lab
Photo credit: Department of Defense photos | Dr. Robert Conard examines wounds of young islander Hiroshi Kebenli
Chapter 1-- "No One Lives Here Anymore"
Marshall Islands
Fallout: The legacy of BNL's mission in the Marshall Islands
No one lives here anymore.
A number of modern homes paid for by American taxpayers stand empty. The freshly painted church welcomes no one. The stark landscape and empty buildings gives this atoll the feeling of a ghost town abandoned by its residents.
Though the government says a portion of Rongelap is safe, the former residents will not return to live there. The northern part of Rongelap...
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