Eknilang was just eight years old at the time of the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test on March 1 , 1954 . The resulting fallout from the test on Bikini Atoll sent a snowstorm-like covering of radioactive fallout , which covered Rongelap Atolls . The eighty-two residents of Rongelap , including Eknilang , suffered long-term health problems due to the radiation . Eknilang suffered eight miscarriages and could not have children
Castle Bravo
Castle Bravo
Lijon Eknilang