Nuclear claims between the U.S. and the Marshall Islands are ongoing, and health effects from these nuclear tests linger. Project 4.1 was a medical study conducted by the United States of those residents of the Bikini Atoll exposed to radioactive fallout. From 1956 to August 1998, at least $759 million was paid to the Marshallese Islanders in compensation for their exposure to U.S. nuclear weapon testing. COUNT 3
QSN1 What was the name of the US study of nuclear fallout on Bikini Atoll? ANS1 Project 4.1 QSN2 When did the United States begin to pay compensation to Marshall Islanders for nuclear weapon exposure? ANS2 1956 QSN3 In millions of dollars, how much money did the United States pay out in nuclear testing compensation to Marshall Island residents between 1956 and 1998? ANS3 759