Dan Zak on the Nuclear Era
So we (the U.S.) tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands from 1946-1958. If you take the explosive yield and spread it out evenly, the equivalent would be like setting off one and a half Hiroshima bombs every day for twelve years.
The Washington Post’s Dan Zak reads The Marshall Islands Journal (marshallislandsjournal.com). Photo: Hilary Hosia
In the above video, Washington Post reporter Dan Zak, who visited the Marshall Islands in March, 2015, discusses his work on the immediate and long-term fallout in the Marshall Islands, particularly related to the country’s nuclear age.
Dan’s book on nuclear testing, Almighty, which includes the events in the Marshall Islands, is due to be published on July 12.
Follows are links to some of Zak’s other reports on the Marshalls and the book on Amazon:
A ground zero forgotten
The Marshall Islands, once a nuclear test site, grapple with a painful past, troubled present and uncertain future.
http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/scuba-paradise-and-plutonium-nightmares-amid-rising-seas
