While most of the tests covered by the act were conducted in Nevada, the program also covers health damages from underground weapons tests conducted on Alaska’s Amchitka Island in 1965, 1969 and 1971.

The most astonishing thing about these tests is that Amchitka Island is in the middle of the Aleutian subduction zone, where the Pacific Plate is diving underneath the North American Plate.There are ...

Amchitka: The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace. Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs (2-CD set, Greenpeace) On Oct. 16, 1970, nine-and-a-half months before the famed Concert For ...

Researchers Find Amchitka Seafood Safe For Now Date: August 17, 2005 Source: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Summary: An independent consortium of university-based environmental ...

Amchitka, which became part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in 1980, was part of another refuge when it was chosen for the nuclear tests, ...

The plane was able to land on Amchitka, but they weren't able to save the leg, so they amputated it. Unfortunately, the man died of shock and blood loss during the surgery.

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Previous detonations had taken place at Amchitka Island in Alaska, but none would be as destructive as the Cannikin nuclear explosion. Dark Footage. They Tried to Stop the Biggest U.S. Nuke Test ...

FAIRBANKS — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced this week that results of a 2011 study in the area of three underground nuclear tests on Amchitka Island between 1965 ...

AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm," but ...

Known as the Amchitka Concert, the performance took place on October 16 1970 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and its story typifies the earnestness and hey-let’s-put-on-a-show looseness of the ...