Speaking to students in Fiji, Guterres described the structure on Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands as "a kind of coffin" and said it was a legacy of Cold War-era nuclear tests in the Pacific.

"This is a one-sentence bill," said Gary Pulis, who arrived on the island of Lojwa in the Enewetak Atoll of the Marshall Islands in 1979 as a 19-year-old volunteer member of the U.S. Army.

Tim Snider, an Enewetak Atoll veteran who has tumors on his ribs, spine and skull, gets a bone scan in Pasco, Wash., Sept. 16, 2016. Roughly 4,000 troops were sent to the atoll to clean the ...

In 1947, to clear Enewetak for the bomb tests, the 145 dri-Enewetak people were exiled to Ujelong Atoll, some 300 kilometers to the south-southwest.

1977, Radiological clean-up crew after the Enewetak Atoll Atomic tests wore no protective gear. Report profane or abusive content. Report Video Issue ...

Enewetak Atoll is a circular rim of coral consisting of 40 islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The atoll was held by Japan from 1914 until its capture by the United States during World War II.

Roughly 4,000 service members helped clean up the Enewetak Atoll from nuclear tests. Many now have ailments they think result from the work, but the government won’t provide health care.

Roughly 4,000 U.S. military troops helped clean up nuclear-tainted Enewetak Atoll between 1977 and 1980; most wore no protection. Hundreds say they are now plagued by health problems but the ...

H.R. 632, introduced by Rep. Grace Meng (D- New York) would give the Enewetak Atoll vets status as “radiation-exposed”, which would expand their access to treatments.

On a remote Marshall Islands atoll, rising sea levels are threatening to spill radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean. The Enewatak people eventually began returning to the islands in the early ...

Sea turtles of Enewetak Atoll. Much of the world’s radioactive contamination comes from tests conducted by world powers racing to develop powerful weapons during the 20th century.