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  1. Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in the central
  2. Pacific Ocean; population (1980) 453. It was
  3. taken from Japan by the USA 1944, which made
  4. the island a naval base; 43 atomic tests were
  5. conducted there from 1947. The inhabitants
  6. were re-settled at Ujelang, but insisted on
  7. returning home in 1980. Despite the clearance
  8. of nuclear debris and radioactive soil to the
  9. islet of Runit, high radiation levels
  10. persisted.
  11.