Talk:Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll

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Dear @LizardJr8 and Dirkbb:, I ping you because you are the last two reverters of the article 151.29.19.73 (talk) 15:32, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

The incipit states

Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll consisted of the detonation of >>> 23 <<< nuclear weapons by the United States between 1946 and 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

but the caption of a figure is

>>> Sixty-seven <<< nuclear tests were conducted at Bikini Atoll.

The statement

The test weapons produced a combined >>> fission <<< yield of 42.2 Mt of TNT in explosive power.

is correct? The main energy came from FUSION processes. I would delete fission. Or 42.2 is correct and the fission produced more than half of the 78 appearing at the end of the list? This is indeed what I now suspect from the article mushroom cloud. It is possible to be more explicit?

The list of the weapons detonated at Bikini contains

• Nectar detonated at "Elugelab (Flora), Enewetak Atoll"
• Yucca detonated at "Bikini and Enewetak Atolls"

In this table the time-order of the first two tests is inverted.

151.29.19.73 (talk) 11:16, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Another question: I got the vessel list from ref. 13 that names 94 ships, not 95 as stated in the text (ref 13). Barring the 94/95 difference, I feel useful to say that the names may be found in ref. 13.

I am honestly not sure about all that, I just reverted an addition that "St Andrews school woods was the forerunner for nuclear testing." Clearly not constructive. Sorry I can't help further. LizardJr8 (talk) 19:03, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

I corrected the image caption that said 67 ships to reflect 27 tests scheduled, three canceled, for a total of 24 test conducted. I also removed the Nectar test. — btphelps ^{(talk to me) (what I've done)} 18:41, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Nuclear test detonations at Bikini Atoll problems

The order of tests for Series Crossroads and Castle seem to be in no order at all. In Crossroads, the shots run Baker, Able, Charlie for no obvious reason. In Castle the shots run March, April, May, April, March, April. If there's sense to this, I'm not seeing it.

Meanwhile, in Series Redwing, there are two test Zunis, and the date for Test Flathead is different from the date on the Redwing page. I believe the second Zuni is meant to be Test Tewa, in which case the date, location and yield are wrong. NelC (talk) 14:32, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks. — btphelps ^{(talk to me) (what I've done)} 18:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Second Evacuation and before

The time table is not quite logical. 3 Families with 100 people went back in 1972. In 1971 child was born on Bikini. in 1987 some elders went back to Bikini. 10 Years later (from what count on? 1971, 1972 or 1987???) And in 1994 everything is fine? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16B8:14C5:DA00:D897:192D:E4F0:C264 (talk) 09:00, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

That's what the sources said. Modified slightly to make more sense. Thanks for the attention to detail. — btphelps ^{(talk to me) (what I've done)} 18:39, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

I couldn't find any information on the depth of the detonations

I was mostly looking into how deep underwater the Bravo detonated. Ultimately I'm curious about how much water was believed to have been displaced into the atmosphere. 47.201.243.8 (talk) 17:04, 9 August 2023 (UTC)