88 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-83) and index.
Contents
Toxic snowfall -- A good place for a bomb -- Able: the first bomb -- Baker: the water bomb -- Bravo: the big bomb -- Rongelap's radiation refugees -- Bikini's nuclear nomads -- A brighter future?
Summary
Discusses the world's first nuclear disaster when nuclear bomb testing sent a toxic cloud of radiation over Rongelap Atoll and other nearby inhabited islands causing burns, cancers, birth defects, and other medical tragedies.
