Explore 25 massive landmarks built to bury dark historical secrets. From radioactive lakes sealed in concrete to grand ...

The measure would extend eligibility to veterans who served during cleanup efforts at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, ...

Veterans who participated in Cold War-era nuclear cleanup operations could become eligible for a one-time federal payment of ...

Soldiers and civilians sent to Enewetak Atoll and other cleanup sites in the 1960s and 70s have faced lifelong health issues since.

Guam's atomic veterans and cancer survivors, left out of a major federal compensation program twice in the past year, are ...

There are renewed calls for Australia to sign a treaty ensuring nuclear weapons can't ever be facilitated, stored or manufactured in Australia.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 6:45 a.m. on March 1, 1954, the U.S. detonated a thermonuclear weapon at Swimsuit Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a chain of 29 ...

At 6:45 a.m. on March 1, 1954, the U.S. detonated a thermonuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a chain of 29 coral atolls and five islands in the central Pacific Ocean, about ...

The Atomic Energy Commission announced this week that it had picked shell-blasted Eniwetok atoll, just west of Bikini in the Marshall Islands chain, as its Pacific proving ground for atomic weapons ...

The formula for Central Pacific warfare was becoming standardized: i) Bomb the important installations on an atoll heavily while 2) neutralizing other Jap bases within 500 miles by knocking out their ...

The site chosen was Bikini Atoll, its massive lagoon filled with an armada of ships, allowing the military to study the effects of an atomic weapon on naval vessels. But there was a catch: Bikini was ...