Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll (/ɛˈniːwəˌtɔːk, ˌɛnɪˈwiːtɔːk/;[2] also spelled Eniwetok Atoll or sometimes Eniewetok; Marshallese: Ānewetak, [ænʲeːwɛːdˠɑk], or Āne-wātak, [ænʲeːwæːdˠɑk];[3] known to the Japanese as Brown Atoll or Brown Island; Japanese: ブラウン環礁) is a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean and with its 296 people (as of 2021)[1] forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. With a land area total less than 5.85 square kilometers (2.26 sq mi),[1] it is no higher than 5 meters (16.4 ft) and surrounds a deep central lagoon, 80 kilometers (50 mi) in circumference. It is the second-westernmost atoll of the Ralik Chain and is 305 kilometers (190 mi) west from Bikini Atoll.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Enewetak Atoll. The crater formed by the Ivy Mike nuclear test can be seen near the north cape of the atoll, with the smaller Castle Nectar crater adjoining it. | |
Enewetak | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | North Pacific |
| Coordinates | 11°30′N 162°20′E / 11.500°N 162.333°E |
| Archipelago | Ralik |
| Total islands | 40 |
| Area | 5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi)[1] |
| Highest elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 296 (2021)[1] |
| Ethnic groups | Marshallese |
It was held by the Japanese from 1914 until its capture by the United States in February 1944, during World War II, then became Naval Base Eniwetok. Nuclear testing by the US totaling the equivalent of over 30 megatons of TNT took place during the Cold War; in 1977–1980, a concrete dome (the Runit Dome) was built on Runit Island to deposit radioactive soil and debris.[4]
The Runit Dome is deteriorating and could be breached by a typhoon, though the sediments in the lagoon are even more radioactive than those which are contained.[5]
Etymology edit
The U.S. government referred to the atoll as "Eniwetok" until 1974, when it changed its official spelling to "Enewetak" (along with many other Marshall Islands place names, to more properly reflect their pronunciation by the Marshall Islanders[6]).
Geography edit
Enewetak Atoll formed atop a seamount. The seamount was formed in the late Cretaceous.[7] This seamount is now about 1,400 meters (4,600 ft) below sea level.[8] It is made of basalt, and its depth is due to a general subsidence of the entire region and not because of erosion.[9]
Enewetak has a mean elevation above sea level of 3 meters (9.8 ft).[10]
History edit
Humans have inhabited the atoll since about 1,000 B.C.[11]
The islands were first settled by Austronesian islanders.
The first European colonizers to Enewetak, Spanish explorer Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, arrived on 10 October 1529.[12][13] He called the island "Los Jardines" (The Gardens). In 1794, sailors aboard the British merchant sloop Walpole called the islands "Brown's Range" (thus, the Japanese name "Brown Atoll"). It was visited by about a dozen ships before the establishment of the German colony of the Marshall Islands in 1885.[14]
World Wars I and II edit
With the rest of the Marshalls, Enewetak was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1914, during World War I and mandated to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations in 1920. The Japanese administered the island under the South Seas Mandate, but mostly left affairs in hands of traditional local leaders until the start of World War II. The atoll, together with other parts of Marshall Islands located to the west of 164°E, was placed under the governance of Pohnpei district during the Japanese administration period, and is different from the rest of the Marshall Islands.[15]
In November 1942, the Japanese built an airfield on Engebi Island. As they used it only for refueling planes between Truk and islands to the east, no aviation personnel were stationed there and the island had only token defenses. When the Gilberts fell to the United States, the Imperial Japanese Army assigned defense of the atoll to the 1st Amphibious Brigade, formed from the 3rd Independent Garrison, which had previously been stationed in Manchukuo. The 1st Amphibious Brigade arrived on January 4, 1944. Some 2,586 of its 3,940 men were left to defend Eniwetok Atoll, supplemented by aviation personnel, civilian employees, and laborers. However, they were unable to finish the fortifications before the American attack came in February. During the ensuing Battle of Eniwetok, the Americans captured Enewetak in a five-day amphibious operation. Fighting mainly took place on Engebi Islet, site of the most important Japanese installation, although some combat occurred on the main islet of Enewetak itself and on Parry Island, where there was a Japanese seaplane base.
Following its capture, the anchorage at Enewetok became a major US Naval Advance Base with Service Squadron 4 and Service Squadron 10 stationed in the lagoon. The daily average of ships present during the first half of July 1944 was 488; during the second half of July, the daily average number of ships at Enewetak was 283.[16] Naval Base Eniwetok was part of the vast Naval Base Marshall Islands. US Navy Seabees of the 110th Naval Construction Battalion arrived on February 21 and 27 to begin construction of Stickell Field.[17] It had two taxiways and a 6,800-by-400-foot (2,070 by 120 m) runway.[17] In June 1945, the 67th CB arrived to build a 35,000 man recreation center to be turned over to CBMU 608.[17]
In 1950, John C. Woods, who executed the Nazi war criminals convicted at the Nuremberg Trials, was accidentally electrocuted there.
Nuclear weapons testing edit
After the end of World War II, Enewetak came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986. During its tenure, the United States evacuated the local residents many times, often involuntarily.[citation needed] The atoll was used for nuclear testing, as part of the Pacific Proving Grounds. Before testing commenced, the U.S. exhumed the bodies of United States servicemen killed in the Battle of Enewetak and returned them to the United States to be re-buried by their families. 43 nuclear tests were fired at Enewetak from 1948 to 1958.[18]
The first hydrogen bomb test, code-named Ivy Mike, occurred in late 1952 as part of Operation Ivy; it vaporized the islet of Elugelab. This test included B-17 Flying Fortress drones to fly through the radioactive cloud to test onboard samples. B-17 mother ships controlled the drones while flying within visual distance of them. In all, 16 to 20 B-17s took part in this operation, of which half were controlling aircraft and half were drones. To examine the explosion clouds of the nuclear bombs in 1957/58, several rockets (mostly from rockoons) were launched. One USAF airman Jimmy Robinson was lost at sea during the tests. Robinson's F-84 Thunderjet crashed and sank 3.5-mile (5.6 km) short of the island. Robinson's body was never recovered.[19][20][21]
Radiological cleanup edit
A radiological survey of Enewetak was conducted from 1972 to 1973.[22] In 1977, the United States military began decontamination of Enewetak and other islands. During the three-year, US$100 million cleanup process, the military mixed more than 80,000 cubic meters (100,000 cu yd) of contaminated soil and debris[23] from the islands with Portland cement and buried it in an atomic blast crater on the northern end of the atoll's Runit Island.[24][25] The material was placed in the 9.1-meter (30 ft) deep, 110-meter (360 ft) wide crater created by the May 5, 1958, "Cactus" nuclear weapons test. A dome composed of 358 concrete panels, each 46 centimeters (18 in) thick, was constructed over the material. The final cost of the cleanup project was US$239 million.[23] The United States government declared the southern and western islands in the atoll safe for habitation in 1980,[26] and residents of Enewetak returned that same year.[27] The military members who participated in that cleanup mission are suffering from many health issues, but the U.S. Government refused to provide health coverage[28] until 2022 with the passage of the Honoring our PACT Act.[29]
The 2000 environmental restoration award included funds for additional cleanup of radioactivity on Enewetak. Rather than scrape the topsoil off, replace it with clean topsoil, and create another radioactive waste repository dome at some site on the atoll (a project estimated to cost US$947 million), most areas still contaminated on Enewetak were treated with potassium.[30] Soil that could not be effectively treated for human use was removed and used as fill for a causeway connecting the two main islands of the atoll (Enewetak and Parry). The cost of the potassium decontamination project was US$103.3 million.[31]
A report by the US Congressional Research Service projects that the majority of the atoll will be fit for human habitation by 2026–2027, after nuclear decay, de-contamination and environmental remediation efforts create sufficient dose reductions.[32] However, in November 2017, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that rising sea levels caused by climate change are seeping inside the dome, causing radioactive material to leak out.[33]
U.S. relations with Marshall Islands edit
Section 177 of the 1983 Compact of Free Association between the governments of the United States and the Marshall Islands[34] establishes a process for Marshallese to make a claim against the United States government as a result of damage and injury caused by nuclear testing. That same year, an agreement was signed to implement Section 177, which established a US$150 million trust fund. The fund was intended to generate US$18 million a year, which would be payable to claimants on an agreed-upon schedule. If the US$18 million a year generated by the fund was not enough to cover claims, the principal of the fund could be used.[35][31] A Marshall Islands Nuclear Claims Tribunal was established to adjudicate claims. In 2000, the tribunal made a compensation award to the people of Enewetak consisting of US$107.8 million for environmental restoration; US$244 million in damages to cover economic losses caused by loss of access and use of the atoll; and US$34 million for hardship and suffering.[31] In addition, as of the end of 2008, another US$96.658 million in individual damage awards were made. Only US$73.526 million of the individual claims award has been paid, however, and no new awards were made between the end of 2008 and May 2010.[31] Due to stock market losses, payments rates that have outstripped fund income, and other issues, the fund was nearly exhausted, as of May 2010, and unable to make any additional awards or payments.[31] A lawsuit by Marshallese arguing that "changed circumstances" made Nuclear Claims Tribunal unable to make just compensation was dismissed by the Supreme Court of the United States in April 2010.[36]
Education edit
Marshall Islands Public School System operates Enewetak Elementary School.[37] Marshall Islands High School on Majuro serves the community.[38]
Eniwetok Airfield edit
Men from the 110th Naval Construction Battalion arrived on Eniwetok between 21 and 27 February 1944 and began clearing the island for construction of a bomber airfield. A 2,100-meter (6,900 ft) by 120-meter (390 ft) runway with taxiways and supporting facilities was built. The first plane landed on 11 March. By 5 April the first operational bombing mission was conducted.[39] The base was later named for Lieutenant John H. Stickell.[40][41]
In mid-September 1944 operations at Wrigley Airfield on Engebi Island were transferred to Eniwetok.[42]
US Navy and Marine units based at Eniwetok included:
- VB-102 operating PB4Y-1s from 12–27 August 1944[43]
- VB-108 operating PB4Y-1s from 11 April-10 July 1944[44]
- VB-109 operating PB4Y-1s from 5 April-14 August 1944[45]
- VB-116 operating PB4Y-1s from 7 July-27 August 1944[46]
- VPB-121 operating PB4Y-1s from 1 March-3 July 1945[47]
- VPB-144 operating PV-2s from 27 June 1945 until September 1946[48]
The airstrip is now abandoned and its surface partially covered by sand.
Parry Island seaplane base edit
The Imperial Japanese Navy had developed a seaplane base on Parry Island. Following its capture on 22 February, Seebees from the 110th Naval Construction Battalion expanded the base, building a coral-surfaced parking area and shops for minor aircraft and engine overhaul. A marine ways was installed on a Japanese pier and boat-repair shops were also erected.[39]
US Navy and Marine units based at Parry Island included:
- VP-13 operating PB2Y-3s from 26 February-22 June 1944[49]
- VP-16 operating PBM-3Ds from 7 June-1 August 1944[49]
- VP-21 operating PBM-3Ds from 19 August-17 October 1944 and from 15 July-11 September 1945[50]
- VP-23 operating PBY-5As from 20 August 1944 – 9 April 1945[51]
- VP-MS-6 operating PBM-5Es from 1 February 1948 in support of Operation Sandstone[52]
- VP-102 operating PB2Y-3s from 3 February-30 August 1944[53]
- VP-202 operating PBM-3Ds from 24 February-1 March 1944[54]
- VPB-19 operating PBM-3Ds from 2 November 1944 – 12 February 1945 and 6 March 1945-January 1946[55]
- VPB-22 operating PBM-3Ds from 10 October-30 November 1944 and from 25 June-7 August 1945[56]
List of nuclear tests at Eniwetok edit
Summary edit
| Series | Start Date | End Date | Count | Yield Range | Total Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone | 14 April 1948 | 14 May 1948 | 3 | 18 - 49 kilotons | 104 kilotons |
| Greenhouse | 7 April 1951 | 4 May 1951 | 4 | 45.5-225 kilotons | 396.5 kilotons |
| Ivy | 31 October 1952 | 15 November 1952 | 2 | 500 kilotons - 10.4 megatons | 10.9 megatons |
| Castle | 13 May 1954 | 13 May 1954 | 1 | 110 kilotons - 15 megatons | 48 megatons |
| Redwing | 4 May 1956 | 21 July 1956 | 11 | 190 tons - 1.9 megatons | ~2.61 megatons |
| Hardtack I | 5 April 1958 | 18 August 1958 | 22 | Zero - 8.9 megatons | 16.1 megatons |
| Total (on Enewetak) | 43[32] | Approx 31.8 megatons (almost 6% of total test yield worldwide) |
Operation Sandstone edit
| Test shot | Date | Location | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-Ray | 18:17 14 April 1948 (GMT) | Enjebi Islet | 37 kt |
| Yoke | 18:09 30 April 1948 (GMT) | Aomon Islet | 49 kt |
| Zebra | 18:04 14 May 1948 (GMT) | Runit Islet | 18 kt |
Operation Greenhouse edit
| Test shot | Date | Location | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dog | 18:34 7 April 1951 (GMT) | Runit Islet | 81 kt |
| Easy | 18:26 20 April 1951 (GMT) | Enjebi Islet | 47 kt |
| George | 21:30 8 May 1951 (GMT) | Eberiru Islet | 225 kt |
| Item | 18:17 24 May 1951 (GMT) | Enjebi Islet | 45.5 kt |
Operation Ivy edit
| Test shot | Date | Location | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | 19:14:59.4 31 October 1952 (GMT) | Elugelab Islet | 10.4 Mt |
| King | 23:30 15 November 1952 (GMT) | Runit Islet | 500 kt |
Operation Castle edit
| Test shot | Date | Location | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nectar | 18:00 13 May 1954 UTC | Off Bogon Islet near Ivy Mike crater | 1.69 Mt |
Operation Redwing edit
| Test shot | Date | Location | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacrosse | 18:25 4 May 1956 (GMT) | Runit Islet | 40 kt |
| Yuma | 19:56 27 May 1956 (GMT) | Aomon Islet | 0.19 kt |
| Erie | 18:15 30 May 1956 (GMT) | Runit Islet | 14.9 kt |
| Seminole | 00:55 6 June 1956 (GMT) | Bogon Islet | 13.7 kt |
| Blackfoot | 18:26 11 June 1956 (GMT) | Runit Islet | 8 kt |
| Kickapoo | 23:26 13 June 1956 (GMT) | Aomon Islet | 1.49 kt |
| Osage | 01:14 16 June 1956 (GMT) | Runit Islet | 1.7 kt |
| Inca | 21:26 21 June 1956 (GMT) | Rujoru Islet | 15.2 kt |
| Mohawk | 18:06 2 July 1956 (GMT) | Eberiru Islet | 360 kt |
| Apache | 18:06 8 July 1956 (GMT) | near Ivy Mike crater | 1.9 Mt |
| Huron | 18:12 21 July 1956 (GMT) | Off Flora Islet | 250 kt |
Operation Hardtack I edit
| Test shot | Date | Location | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yucca | 18:15 28 April 1958 (GMT) | 157 km N of Eniwetok Atoll | 1.7 kt |
| Cactus | 18:15 5 May 1958 (GMT) | Runit Islet | 18 kt |
| Butternut | 18:15 11 May 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 81 kt |
| Koa | 18:30 12 May 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 1370 kt |
| Wahoo | 01:30 16 May 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 9 kt |
| Holly | 18:30 20 May 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 5.9 kt |
| Yellowwood | 2:00 26 May 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Lagoon | 330 kt |
| Magnolia | 18:00 26 May 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 57 kt |
| Tobacco | 02:50 30 May 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 11.6 kt |
| Rose | 18:45 2 June 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 15 kt |
| Umbrella | 23:15 8 June 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Lagoon | 8 kt |
| Walnut | 18:30 14 June 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 1.45 kt |
| Linden | 03:00 18 June 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 11 kt |
| Elder | 18:30 27 June 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 880 kt |
| Oak | 19:30 28 June 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Lagoon | 8.9 Mt |
| Sequoia | 18:30 1 July 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 5.2 kt |
| Dogwood | 18:30 5 July 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 397 kt |
| Scaevola | 04:00 14 July 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 0 kt |
| Pisonia | 23:00 17 July 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 255 kt |
| Olive | 18:15 22 July 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 202 kt |
| Pine | 20:30 26 July 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 2000 kt |
| Quince | 02:15 6 August 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 0 kt |
| Fig | 04:00 18 August 1958 (GMT) | Eniwetok Atoll | 0.02 kt |
Gallery edit
- Battle of Eniwetok
- B-17 drone at Eniwetok Airfield in 1948 for Operation Sandstone
- Operation Sandstone
- Ivy Mike test, October 31, 1952
- Operation Greenhouse test
- Ivy King test, November 1952
- Test shot Seminole of Operation Redwing, conducted on the coast of the island of Bogon
- Red-wing Seminole test
- Hardtack Umbrella test
- Video clips of three test nuclear explosions in Eniwetok, Marshall Islands
- Test shot Nectar of Operation Castle produced a yield of 1.69 megatons and was detonated just north east of Ivy Mike's Elugelab crater. The Island of Bogon is the spearhead shaped object at the bottom right of the screen, as it was before the Redwing Seminole test was conducted on that island.
Missile Impact Location System edit
From 1958 through 1960 the United States installed the Missile Impact Location System (MILS) in the Navy managed Pacific Missile Range, later the Air Force managed Western Range, to localize the splash downs of test missile nose cones. MILS was developed and installed by the same entities that had completed the first phase of the Atlantic and U.S. West Coast SOSUS systems. A MILS installation, consisting of both a target array for precision location and a broad ocean area system for good positions outside the target area, was installed at Eniwetok as part of the system supporting Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) tests. Other Pacific MILS shore terminals were at the Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay supporting Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) tests with impact areas northeast of Hawaii and the other ICBM test support systems at Midway Island and Wake Island.[57][58][59]
In popular culture edit
- The short story "The Terminal Beach" by J. G. Ballard is set on an island of Eniwetok in the aftermath of the nuclear tests.[60]
Notes edit
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- ^ A 15 kiloton nuclear weapon exploded but did not undergo nuclear fission on Runit, scattering plutonium over the island. Runit Island is not habitable for the next 24,000 years, which is why it was chosen for the nuclear waste repository. See: Wargo, John. Green Intelligence: Creating Environments That Protect Human Health. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 15.
- ^ The government said that the northern islands would not be safe for inhabitation until 2010. See: Johnson, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, p. 25.
- ^ Linsley, Gordon. "Site Restoration and Cleanup of Contaminated Areas." In Current Trends in Radiation Protection: On the Occasion of the 11th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, 23–28 May 2004, Madrid, Spain. Henri Métivier, Leopoldo Arranz, Eduardo Gallego, and Annie Sugier, eds. Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, 2004, p. 142.
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- ^ Cesium, which is highly radioactive, is chemically similar to potassium. Since the atoll is deficient in potassium, plants absorb cesium from the ground instead. This makes the plants inedible. Cesium also is deposited in the muscles of the human body, just as potassium is. See: Firth, Stewart (1987). Nuclear Playground. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 36. ISBN 0824811445.
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References edit
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- Ballard, J. G. (1964). The Terminal Beach. Carroll and Graf. ISBN 0-88184-370-9.
External links edit
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Marshall Islands site
- at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
- Information on legal judgements to the people of Enewetak
- Nursing a nuclear test hangover (www.watoday.com.au report on Runit Dome, August 18, 2008)
- Enewetak Atoll Atomic Debris Cleanup Mission Survivors
- ABC News documentary, 41min on YouTube