![Remarkable': Scientists amazed by thriving marine life at Bikini Atoll site where 23 atomic bombs were dropped | The Independent | The Independent Remarkable': Scientists amazed by thriving marine life at Bikini Atoll site where 23 atomic bombs were dropped | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/10/28/19/pg-24-bikini-atoll-2-cc.jpg?width=1200)
Remarkable': Scientists amazed by thriving marine life at Bikini Atoll site where 23 atomic bombs were dropped | The Independent | The Independent
![Bravo Crater at Bikini Atoll site of the 1954 hydrogen explosion where the island of Nam was destroyed Stock Photo - Alamy Bravo Crater at Bikini Atoll site of the 1954 hydrogen explosion where the island of Nam was destroyed Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/A4NB0C/bravo-crater-at-bikini-atoll-site-of-the-1954-hydrogen-explosion-where-A4NB0C.jpg)
Bravo Crater at Bikini Atoll site of the 1954 hydrogen explosion where the island of Nam was destroyed Stock Photo - Alamy
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
![After 61 Years, U.S. Testing Site For Nuclear Weapons Still 10 Times More Radioactive Than Chernobyl After 61 Years, U.S. Testing Site For Nuclear Weapons Still 10 Times More Radioactive Than Chernobyl](https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/660x811/https://blogs-images.forbes.com/davidbressan/files/2018/06/US_Military_Runit_Dome.jpg?width=960)