Media contributions
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Title ‘Our nuclear childhood’: the sisters who witnessed H-bomb tests on their Pacific island and are still coming to terms with the fallout Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Conversation Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 24/10/24 Description Nuclear detonations were the backdrop to Teeua and Teraabo’s childhood. By the time the sisters were eight and four, the Pacific island on which they grew up, Kiritimati, had hosted 30 atomic and thermonuclear explosions – six during Operation Grapple, a British series between 1957 and 1958, and 24 during Operation Dominic, led by the US in 1962. URL https://theconversation.com/our-nuclear-childhood-the-sisters-who-witnessed-h-bomb-tests-on-their-pacific-island-and-are-still-coming-to-terms-with-the-fallout-239780 Persons Christopher Hill