![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
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
![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/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/2/1393731488713/243e4358-5b35-402b-9b9b-879fb49b1105-2060x1236.jpeg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=01774c90540c04eb8556887aa832666b)
Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable | Marshall Islands | The Guardian
![5 July 1946 – Named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear weapons test Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the modern bikini was introduced at a fashion show in Paris. : r/europe 5 July 1946 – Named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear weapons test Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the modern bikini was introduced at a fashion show in Paris. : r/europe](https://preview.redd.it/ukwi6dpbrb971.jpg?auto=webp&s=245e0397049f08fc294244ba3a6c6b746808cbb6)