Enewetak

American  

[en-uh-wee-tok, uh-nee-wi-tok] / ˌɛn əˈwi tɒk, əˈni wɪˌtɒk /

Or Eniwetok

noun

1. an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, in the Marshall Islands: atomic bomb tests 1947–62.

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Enewetak British  

/ ˌɛnəˈweɪtɒk, əˈniːwɛˌtɔːk /

noun

1. the official name for Eniwetok

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Enewetak

The U.S. tested nuclear weapons from 1948 to 1958 on Enewetak Atoll.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 21, 2023

During the Trusteeship period, the United States conducted so much nuclear testing over the atolls of Bikini and Enewetak that it was akin to 1.6 Hiroshima explosions every day for a dozen years.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

We call on the federal government to do what it did in the 1970s in Enewetak Atoll.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 4, 2022

During the late 1970s, U.S. soldiers removed contaminated topsoil and debris from the islands of Enewetak Atoll, where 43 of the devices were detonated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021

That was the 1951 test of a nuclear device called George in the Enewetak Atoll.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2021