What If?

1. What If Project
By:Marsa X $amuel

2. What if the U.S never tested their
nuclear bombs on Marshall Islands?

3. “Test able”:
● July 1, 1946/ Bikini Atoll lagoon
● Tested 1st nuclear bomb
● Tested series of 67 bombs on Bikini Atoll
● 1946-1958

4. There wouldn’t be fear of dome leak.
The dome is an enormous concrete structure
holding all nuclear waste.

5. Evidence:
● “Water has begun to penetrate the dome containing the
toxic waste with radioactive material leaking out”.
● “...called it a tomb because it could be our graveyard..”

6. Bikini Atoll residents would’ve lived in
peace.
Evidence:
● “Victims of tests have been taken away from us before their
time..”
● “Marshallese moved to smaller, lower elevation..”

7. Cancer rate wouldn’t have been high in
Marshall Islands.
Evidence:
● “1.6% of all cancers ---> exposed to radioactive fallout”
● “Suggests 55% cancers due to radiation”

8. What would the world be like if POD was
true?
● Memories of Bikini Atoll wouldn’t be as bad
● People wouldn’t have to leave their homes
● Marshallese wouldn’t be scared to go home

9. Citations:
● https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/11/27/a-ground-
zero-forgotten/?utm_term=.d0e4d1d211d9
● https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/marshall-islands
● https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/marshall-islands
● https://www.businessinsider.com/marshall-islands-nuclear-bombs-
radiation-2016-6