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Bikini’s largest nuclear test to be commemorated in Arkansas

Updated 3 December 2013, 9:09 AEST

A non-profit group in the US state of Arkansas is planning to mark the anniversary of the largest hydrogen bomb ever tested by the US military.

Bikini’s largest nuclear test to be commemorated in Arkansas (Credit: ABC)

Organisers say it’s the first event of its kind and will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the devastating Bravo nuclear detonation at Bikini Atoll on the first of March,1954.

Arkansas has the largest number of Marshall Islander victims outside of the Marshall Islands.

Click on link for audio… 6 mins approx

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/bikinis-largest-nuclear-test-to-be-commemorated-in-arkansas/1228582

Presenter:Richard Ewart

Speaker:Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal

December 2, 2013 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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