Kiritimati eller
Juleøen / Christmas
Island

Geography, nature and climate, demographics, history, wars, culture, film, music, politics, defense, peace movements, religion, social issues, education, economy and arms trade.
1. Geografi: Kiribatisk  ø i midten af Stillehavet.
2. Australsk ø i Det indiske ocean.
3. Christmas Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. Little Christmas Island ved Tasmanien, Australien.
Se også: Malden Island.
Natur:
Historie: ☢ Britiske  atomvåbenforsøg i den første del af den kolde krig, herunder: Operation Grapple.
Oplysninger om operationen er sta­dig skjulte som klassificeret infor­mation. Også amerikanske atom­våbenforsøg i området, eksempelvis Operation Dominic, 1962.
History: British nuclear weapons tests in the first part of the Cold War, including: Operation Grapple. Details of the operation are still hidden as classified information. Also U.S. nuclear weapons tests in the area, such as Operation Dominic, 1962.
Se også: Barium ; beryllium ; cerium ; cæsium ; jod ; krypton ; lanthanum ; molybdæn ; neptunium ; niobium ; plutonium ; polonium ; radioaktivitet ; ruthenium ; strontium-90 ; tellur ; tritium ; uran ; xenon ; zirkonium.
Se tillige: Britiske atomvåbenforsøg i Australien.

Litteratur

Baggs, Albert C.: Under A Cold War Cloud : British servicemen who witnessed post-WWII atomic tests over the Pacific blame the bomb—and the government—for a constellation of illnesses.
I: Time Magazine, March 30, 1998 Vol. 151 NO. 13.
United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992.
U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office, DOE/NV--209-REV 15, December 2000.

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