Bikini Atoll Sources

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Interviews
Amazon Books
Other Books

Scientific Reports

Political Documents and Treaties

Newspapers and Magazines

Films and Photos

Interviews:

Jeffrey Bartholet interview with Bikini Trust Liaison Jack Niedenthal in Newsweek, 12/1/97
Mark Mullen interview with Jack Niedenthal on ABC World News Now. 4/23/98
Health Physics Journal, A History of the People of Bikini Following Nuclear Weapons Testing in the Marshall Islands: with Recollections and Views of Elders of Bikini Atoll, by Jack Niedenthal, July 1997, Volume 73, No.1, ISSN 0017-9078

The First Bikinians (sample interview)
Interview with elder Kilon Bauno [deceased], May 1990

For more interviews with the people of Bikini, purchase FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND: A History of the People of Bikini and their Islands, Second Edition, published in September of 2001 by Jack Niedenthal. This book tells the story of the people of Bikini from their point of view via interviews, and the author's more than two decades of firsthand experiences with elder Bikinians.

Copies can be purchased from this direct ordering link at Amazon.com, or you can also buy and download the Kindle edition.

A partial list of interviews in FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND:

*The Religious Transformation from Worejabato the Reef God to Jesus Christ
Interview with elder Jamore Aitap, December 1989, & Kilon Bauno[deceased], October 1987

*The Story of a Bikinian Outrigger Expedition
Interview with elder Jacob Johnson, May 1990

*The Japanese on Bikini Atoll pre-Nuclear Testing
Interview with elder Biamon Lewis, May 1989 & September 1990, & elder Rubon Juda, May 1989

*Lijibokra, The Evil Demon of Poison & the Ruler of Rongerik Atoll
Interview with elder Lore Kessibuki [deceased], April 1987

*A Recollection of King Juda by His Oldest Son
Interview with elder Rubon Juda, December 1989

*The Genesis of the Bikinian National Anthem
Interview with elder Lore Kessibuki [deceased], May 1991

*The Story of One Bikinian's Traumatic Arrival on Kili Island
Interview with elder Joji Laiso, March 1990

*Lobbying: The First Delegation of Bikinians to go to Washington, DC, and a trip to the Australian Outback
Interview Nathan Note, June 1988

*The Value of a Story Teller, and His Subsequent Death & Funeral
Interview with elder Mark Jokdru [deceased], January 1990, Funeral described by Jack Niedenthal.

*The Relationship Between the Bikinian People and the U.S. Government
Interview with elder Dretin Jokdru

Books on Line from AMAZON.COM [just double-click on the title and you will go directly to the ordering page for the book at www.amazon.com]:

Romancing the Atom: Nuclear Infatuation from the Radium Girls to Fukushima by Robert R. Johnson: This book mentions Bikini Atoll quite a bit and is a very interesting read.

100 Suns by Michael Light
This is an amazing photo collection "coffee table" book of nuclear explosions.

Bravo for the Marshallese
By Holly Barker. A book about the nuclear victims of the Marshall Islands.

Diving Micronesia by Eric Hanauer: Eric is the best diving journalist that has been to Bikini Atoll. His book is a *must* for anyone traveling to Micronesia.
The Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths by Bernie Chowdhury: If you are a serious diver, you must read this book. One of the best books on diving anywhere.
The Cruiser's Handbook of Fishing by Scott and Wendy Bannerot: A book about fishing methods that pertain to the Pacific and the Marshalls.
Ocean's End: Travels Through Endangered Seas by Colin Woodard: This is a great, well written book that includes a small section about Bikini with an interview by a Bikinian.
USS Saratoga Cv-3 : An Illustrated History of the Legendary Aircraft Carrier 1927-1946 by John Fry [If you want a beautiful book on the Saratoga, buy this. It is remarkable, fantastic and a treasure for those who have served and who have dove on this magnificent ship].
Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll [paperback] by James P. Delgado
Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll [hardback] by James P. Delgado
Operation Crossroads: The Atomic Tests at Bikini Atoll by Jonathan M. Weisgall
No Place to Hide 1946/1984 by David J. Bradley
Dark Sun : The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb by Richard Rhodes
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
The Day the Sun Rose Twice:The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion by Ferenc Morton Szasz
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project by Leslie R. Groves, et al
Picturing the Bomb : Photographs from the Secret World of the Manhattan Project by Rachel Fermi, et al
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns : A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists by Robert Jungk, James Cleugh (Translator)
Genius in the Shadows : A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the Bomb by William Lanouette, Bela Silard (Contributor)
Enrico Fermi Physicist by Emilio Segre
Mortality of Veteran Participants in the Crossroads Nuclear Test by J. Christopher Johnson (Editor), Susan Thaul, William F. Page

Other Books:

Johnson, G. The Marshall Islands: A Chronology 1944-1983, 1-43
Johnson, G. Collision Course at Kwajalein: Marshall Islanders in the Shadow of the Bomb. Pacific Concerns Resource Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. 1984
Kiste, R. C. The Bikinians: A Study of Forced Migration. Menlo Park, CA.: Cummings Publishing Co., 1974.
Mason, L.. Relocation Of The Bikinian Marshallese: A Study In Group Migration. Pages 262-264; 1954.
Peattie, M., Nan Yo: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885-1945
Hezel, Rev. Francis X. The First Taint of Civilization. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1983.
Hezel, Rev. Francis X., and M.L. Berg, eds. Micronesia: Winds ofChange. Saipan: Omnibus Social Studies Program of the Trust Territory,1980.
Hezel, Rev. Francis X. Strangers in Their Own Land: A Century of Colonial Rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands. Pacific Islands Monograph Series, No. 13. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995.
Knight, Gerald. Man This Reef. Majuro, MH: Micronitor Press, 1982.
Niedenthal, Jack. For the Good of Mankind: A History of the People of Bikini and their Islands. Majuro, MH: Bravo/Micronitor Press, 2001.

Scientific Reports:

Bikini Atoll Rehabilitation Committee Report No. 1-5.
Bikini Rehabilitation Project Quarterly Report, April, 1995-June, 1995
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June, 1954, at 228.
Conard, R. A. Fallout: The Experiences of a Medical Team in the Care of Marshallese Population Accidentally Exposed to Fallout Radiation. Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S. D.O.E. Upton, N.Y. September 1992.
Department of Energy. The Meaning of Radiation at Bikini Atoll. Washington, D.C., Sept. 1980.
Greenpeace. Pacific Paradise, Nuclear Nightmare: A critique of the proposal to use the Marshall Islands as a Nuclear Waste Dump. Editor: Bunny McDiarmid,1995
Hansen, C. U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History. Orion Books. 43-115. 1987.
Martin, E. J.; Rowland, R. H. Castle Series, U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency, 1954 page 205. 1982
Simon, S. L. RMI Radiological Survey of Bikini Atoll. RMI Nationwide Radiological Study, Republic of the Marshall Islands, February 1995.
Radiological Conditions at Bikini Atoll: Prospects for Resettlement, Report of an Advisory Group of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, 1996, K. Lokan, A.J. Gonzalez, G. Linsley, W. Robinson, S.L. Simon, G. Gnugnoli, P. Stegnar and D. Delves, reviewed by G. Webb and G. C. Mason.
Atom and Hydrogen Bomb Yields in the Marshall Islands from the U.S. Nuclear testing.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The Final Resting Places of all ships used at Bikini Atoll for Nuclear Testing.
THE ARCHEOLOGY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB about the history of the ships on Bikini in .PDF format [this link will take you to the web site where you can download the document].
Bikini Atoll Coral Biodiversity Resilience ﬁve decades after nuclear testing, Zoe T. Richards, Maria Beger, Silvia Pinca, Carden C. Wallace,
Marine Pollution Bulletin 56 (2008) 503-515

Political Documents & Treaties:

The Compact of Free Association Act of 1985, Section 177.
Trusteeship Agreement for the former Japanese Mandated Islands, Article 6, 61 Stat. 3301, 80th Cong. 1st Sess. (1947) T.I.A.S. No. 1665.
United States Claims Court: Filed 10/10/87, Memorandum of Decision, Judge K. Harkins, Senior Judge, Page 37-38.
U.S. Department of Energy web site [see "Links" page] for many Marshall Islands nuclear testing declassified documents and information.
Marshall Islands Office of Planning and Statistics Census of Population and Housing 1988:Final Report. Majuro, Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands Government, 1989.
Marshall Islands Office of Planning and Statistics. Marshall IslandsStatistical Abstract, 1992. Majuro, Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands Government, 1994.
Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations. Republic of the Marshall Islands: Basic Facts and Statistics. New York: Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations, 1992.
de Jonge, Alice. The Constitution of the Marshall Islands: Its Drafting and Current Operation. 8 vols. Vol. 1, Pacific Studies Monographs. Kensington, New South Wales, Australia: Centre for South Pacific Studies, University of New South Wales, 1993.
Fallan, Joseph E. "Federal Policy and U.S. Territories: the Political Restructuring of the United States of America." Pacific Affairs 64, (Spring 1991): 23-41.
Gale, R. W. The Americanization of Micronesia: A Study of the Consolidation of U.S. Rule in the Pacific. Washington, D. C.: University Press of America, 1979
Mason, Leonard. "A Marshallese Nation Emerges from the Political Fragmentation of American Micronesia." Pacific Studies 13, (November 1989): 1-46.
US President's Personal Representative for Micronesian Status Negotiations. "Compiliation of Agreements Between the Government of the United States and the Freely Associated State of the Republic of the Marshall Islands." Honolulu: US President's Personal Representative for Micronesian Status Negotiations, 1987.
International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], "Radiological Conditions at Bikini Atoll: Prospects for Resettlement." 1998
Nuclear Claims Tribunal Bikini Atoll $563,315,500.00 lawsuit decision of March 5, 2001, in .pdf format: [download]
RMI Changed Circumstances petition for nuclear victims compensation still needed from the United States [condensed]. Submitted to the United States government on 9/11/00.
Read the submitted testimony [in .pdf form] to Congress on July 10, 2003 by attorney Jonathan Weisgall on behalf of the people of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap and Uterik atolls regarding the Compact of Free Assocation between the United States and the Marshall Islands, and the U.S's refusal to consider the nuclear issue in these negotiations.
Congressional Research Services report on the Republic of the Marshall Islands Changed Circumstances Petition to Congress [PDF] [order code RL32811], March 14, 2005: this is a middle of the road response from the CRS that takes into account the September 2000 RMI Changed Circumstances petition.

Newspaper & Magazines:

Los Angeles Times, Bikini Islanders Lose Again to Radiation, Jerry Belcher, July 23, 1978,
San Francisco Chronicle: Section A story about radiological cleanup issues in the Marshall Islands from 12/7/99.
New York Times, 4/2-4/3, 1954.
New York Times, 4/10/88
New York Times Magazine [cover story], Bombing Bikini Again [This Time With Money], by Jeffrey Davis 5/1/94
Niedenthal, J. Nuclear Paradise in Bikini. Worldview Magazine, Summer 1994.
Los Angeles Times, 7/24/96, page 5
Honolulu Star-Bulletin 12/14/45
Newsweek [International Asian version] 12/1/97
Outside Magazine "Lost at Sea"3/97
National Geographic Magazine 9/45, 6/86, 6/92, 1/95
Health Physics Journal, A History of the People of Bikini Following Nuclear Weapons Testing in the Marshall Islands: with Recollections and Views of Elders of Bikini Atoll, by Jack Niedenthal, July 1997, Volume 73, No.1, ISSN 0017-9078
Destination Discovery Magazine, 4/93
Washington Post Magazine, 4/23/87
Pacifica Magazine, Feb.-March, 1997
Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, 12/96
Veja Magazine [Brazil], 7/97
Sportdiving Magazine, April/May 1997
The Journal of Underwater Education, 4th Quarter 1997
Sport Diver, 7/97,10/97
Field & Stream, 11/97
Popular Science, 9/97
Sport Diver, 10/96
Discover Diving, Vol. 14, #15
Arizona Republic newspaper, 9/22/96
Johnson, Giff, Samuel McPhetres, Julie Olsson, Donald R. Shuster, and Roniti Teiwaki. "Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992." Contemporary Pacific 5, (Spring 1993): 133-149.
Johnson, Giff. "Special Report: The Reconstruction of Ebeye." Pacific Magazine, January-February 1990, pp. 30-69.
Scientific American, September 1998, "The Oceans" issue.
Dive International, "Bikini Atoll: The Everest of Wreck Diving", May 1998
Dive Girl Magazine, Diving Through Cultural Barriers: The First Bikinian Woman To Dive the Ships of Bikini Atoll, Summer 1998
Associated Press [Stewart Taggert] Bikini Excavation Indicates Early Man in Micronesia. 12/88 *Streck Study PDF download.
San Jose Mercury "SV" Magazine, April 30 2000, "Atomic Age Diving"
Salt Water Sportsman Magazine, May 2000, "Revealing Bikini"
Sport Diver Magazine, February 2000, "Back to Bikini."
Skin Diver Magazine December 1998 Issue, "The Incomparable Wrecks of Bikini Atoll"
Pacific Magazine [March 2001] about design of www.bikiniatoll.com: Surfing Bikini Web Site Wonders.
San Francisco Chronicle: Section A story about radiological cleanup issues in the Marshall Islands from 12/7/99.
Read the 1946 Newsweek magazine articles about Bikini Atoll.
The American Journal of Public Health, September 2001 issue: Radioactivity and Rights: Clashes at Bikini Atoll By Ruth Levy Guyer
The Guardian (United Kingdom) August 6, 2002 "Nuclear Special" section that includes a story about Bikini.
Associated Press 2004/04/25 news story Bikinians still hope to return home By Charles Hanley AP
The Columbia Political Review article by Avram Sand Strung-along Bikini, May 2007 (pdf)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March, 2009, The World's Debt to Bikini by Jack Niedenthal.
Newsday, Cold War fallout for Brookhaven National Lab, August 21, 2009 by THOMAS MAIER
Newsday, Questions and answers about the island and the lab, August 21, 2009 by THOMAS MAIER
Newsday, Removing the thyroids, August 21, 2009 by THOMAS MAIER
Newsday, Brookhaven team minimized risks in return to Bikini, August 21, 2009 by THOMAS MAIER
Newsday, Brookhaven lab breaks silence on Marshall Islands, August 23, 2009 by THOMAS MAIER
Newsday, Ex-Stony Brook chief unaware of $1B nuclear award, August 30, 2009 By THOMAS MAIER
Newsday, Islanders want monetary award for bomb test exposure, September 6, 2009 by THOMAS MAIER
Brookhaven Statement on Marshall Islands to the above Newsday articles by Thomas Maier, August 22, 2009
Bikini Trust Liaison Jack Niedenthal discusses the value of the August 2010 World Heritage designation for Bikini Atoll and
what it means for the people of Bikini in UNESCO's quarterly Voices Magazine, (in PDF) pages 10-11, January-March 2011
Outside Magazine: Paradise with an Asterisk, Sam Gwynne, October 2012

Films:

Radio Bikini, nominated for an Academy Award in 1988 for Best Documentary, produced by Robert Stone.
National Geographic Explorer Television Series: Nuclear Exiles, 1987
ABC World of Discovery, Bikini: Forbidden Paradise, nominated in 1994 for an Emmy Award, produced by Bill & Jeanne Livingston.
A & E History Channel, The Bikini Atoll, produced by Nick Versteeg, 1997
Ainikien Jidjid ilo Boñ (The Sound of Crickets at Night), 2012, produced by Jack Niedenthal and Suzanne Chutaro.

Photos:

Jack Tobin's collection of 1,930 photographs has been digitized and is now accessible online at http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/tobin/index.php?s= Categories in which the photos are organized include Bikini Atoll (71 images), Bikini House Siting Trip (32), Bikini Return Survey (10), and Kili (50). The list of categories is at http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/tobin/Pages/browselist.php?s=browse&by=category
The photos of Bob Kiste and Len Mason, which are at http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/kiste/

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The historical information within this site, while constantly updated, is drawn largely from the book, FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND: A History of the People of Bikini and their Islands, Second Edition, published in September of 2001 by Jack Niedenthal. This book tells the story of the people of Bikini from their point of view via interviews, and the author's more than two decades of firsthand experiences with elder Bikinians.

Copies can be purchased from this direct ordering link at Amazon.com, or you can also buy and download the Kindle edition.