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
![Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6c22d14ad8fbff4a29394d51d3b14d69731528df/0_389_4608_2765/master/4608.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=7aca46c27080bc1312a7bc5692612c5f)
Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian
![70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive 70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/crossroad-1800.jpg)
70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive
![Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands - scene of the US Army thermonuclear bomb testing in 1954 Stock Photo - Alamy Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands - scene of the US Army thermonuclear bomb testing in 1954 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DX6R28/bikini-atoll-in-the-marshall-islands-scene-of-the-us-army-thermonuclear-DX6R28.jpg)