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Marshall Islands: Status of the Nuclear Claims Trust Fund

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 25, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-92-229
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Summary:

Between 1946 and 1958, the United States detonated 66 nuclear warheads on two unpopulated Pacific atolls--Bikini and Enewetak--in the Marshall Islands. Changing wind patterns in 1954, however, spread deadly radioactive fallout from one of the first hydrogen bomb tests to two inhabited atolls. The United States later set up a $150 million trust fund to compensate Marshall Islanders for damage to their health and land. This report discusses whether the trust fund (1) is being distributed as required and (2) is adequate to meet the distribution requirements. GAO also provides information on the status of several related assistance programs and scientific surveys.

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