The '1954 Daigo Fukuryu Maru' incident is related to: __________?
Correct answer: B. The United States Castle Bravo thermonuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll
- A. The United States Atomic Bomb Attack on Nagasaki
- B. The United States Castle Bravo thermonuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll
- C. The First Atomic Bomb Test by United States
- D. The Fukushima accident in nuclear power plant in Japan
Explanation
The Daigo Fukuryu Maru incident occurred when a Japanese fishing boat was exposed to radioactive fallout from the United States’ Castle Bravo hydrogen-bomb test at Bikini Atoll in 1954. It was not the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki or the Fukushima nuclear accident.
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