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In 1954 , winds carrying Radioactive Fallout from Castle Bravo , the first Hydrogen Bomb test, dropped inches of Contaminated Ash on the residents of Rongelap. They were relocated to Kwajalein for medical treatment within three days, though it was too late to help many. The islanders were allowed to return in February of 1957 , until a second evacuation, aided by Greenpeace was necessary in 1985 . The islanders resettled on Mejatto Island on the Kwajalein Atoll . In September 1996 , the United States Department Of The Interior signed a 45 million dollar resettlement agreement with the islanders. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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