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Kiritimati Island, Republic of Kiribati. IU XMAS commences operations on: 1997,234. Host. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Network.
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Teeua Tetua was just three when she was blindfolded with a rough cloth by her mother. They then braced themselves for the Grapple Yexplosion. She was very young, but still recalls being frightened in her mother’s arms during the deafening blast. Last year, Teeua – now 64 and the chairwoman of the Association of Nuclear Victims in Kiritimati – welco...
I went on to speak to a further 14 Kiritimati islandersto learn about their lives and experiences of nuclear weapon testing. All of the islanders that I spoke to who recalled the tests also remember being frightened and uncomfortable. They described the tests in terms of confusing events, crowds, megaphone countdowns and deafening noises. Taabui Te...
Many of the British servicemen who worked on the operation – and their families – were also left scarred for life, in some way, by their experience on the island. Men were traumatised by what they had seen, and by the culture of secrecy that surrounded their work. And after they returned home, they were damaged by the apathy that they received from...
The general public first became aware of the health effects of ionising radiation after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, which killed 225,000 people. The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission was then established to undertake epidemiological and genetic studies of survivors. Approximately 200,000 people have been followed for 74 years, in the world’s...
This is why I set out to explore their lives, and those of veterans’ families, exploring the lives of 67 nuclear test veterans, and 162 children and grandchildren. I discovered challenges of specialised aged veteran care, evidence of heightened perception of risk of radiation effects and impacts on well-being and mental health. Concerns were raised...
These stories demonstrate the need for recognition and reparation for the injustices that the British state perpetuated against both veterans and Kiritimati communities during the Cold War. Both communities have sought such recognition – with limited success. Yet the voices of those affected are becoming louder. The British Nuclear Test Veterans As...
- Becky Alexis-Martin
Dec 1, 1983 · A major swarm of intraplate earthquakes at the southeastern end of the Gilbert Islands Chain (3.5°S, 177.5°E) commenced in December 1981 and lasted through March 1983.
- Thorne Lay, Emile Okal
- 1983
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Feb 26, 2024 · Kiritimati was an operations base for nuclear weapons tests by the British in 1957–58 and by the United States in 1962. Its position near the Equator made its surrounding waters a favoured site for sea launches of Earth satellites beginning in the late 1990s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kiritimati comprises over 70% of the total land area of Kiribati, a country encompassing 33 Pacific atolls and islands. [3] It lies 232 km (144 mi) north of the equator, 2,160 km (1,340 mi) south of Honolulu, and 5,360 km (3,330 mi) from San Francisco.
- 388.39 km² (149.96 sq mi)
- 7,380 (2020 census)
- 13 m (43 ft)
- North Pacific Ocean
Jan 4, 2023 · Origin. Review Status. REVIEWED. Magnitude. 5.0 mww. Depth. 10.0 km. Time. 2023-01-04 02:02:10 UTC. Contributed by US 2. View Nearby Seismicity. Time Range. ± Three Weeks. Search Radius.
Mar 6, 2013 · Nowadays Kiritimati is known for bonefishing and scuba diving and for being the world’s largest coral atoll, but it earned earlier fame as the site of nuclear testing by the British and United...