Most radioactive dive site
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Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands). The most radioactive dive site accessible to recreational divers was opened in 1996, 50 years after the site was blasted with 22 atomic bombs. At the time, the assembled American and enemy ships used in the atomic tests was the world’s fourth largest fleet. The ships sunk by the nuclear tests in 1946 now belong to the people of Bikini. Diving at Bikini is administered by the Bikini Atoll Council, under the name of Bikini Atoll Divers.
The Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Government Council met in August, 2008, to consider its fiscal year 2009 budget. It was decided that Bikini Atoll would remain closed for normal tourism operations during 2009. However, certain types of vessels are allowed to visit Bikini Atoll and dive on the wrecks provided definitive prior arrangements are made with Bikini Atoll Divers.
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