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By Harry Pettit For Mailonline. Bikini Atoll, the former paradise island used by the US to carry out 23 nuclear weapons tests 70 years ago, is now teeming with life, scientists have found. The Pacific Ocean island has blooming populations of plants and animal life, filled with fish such as snapper, sharks and tuna while boasting corals as big as cars. Crabs the size of hubcaps are said to be feasting on coconuts filled with radioactive groundwater as part of an ecosystem described by experts as 'remarkably resilient'. Scientists are now sequencing the DNA of the Bikini Atoll coral to better understand how they are able to survive.

By Robert Rorke. Philippe Cousteau, Jr. He brought his wife, Ashlan, with him, and they both went diving into an underwater kingdom of shipwrecks and craters to try to tag reef sharks with GPS-type tracking devices to help scientists understand the migratory patterns of a species thought to be non-migratory. With a crew of 17, the Cousteaus, who live in Beverly Hills, set out last September for the nearly-three-week expedition to Bikini Atoll. The near-total absence of sound and life was striking. You can hear ships passing in the distance because sound travels so well under water. But when we went into the crater, there was nothing.

The film will feature Dennis Haysbert, who is the star of the popular television show on Fox Network, "24," where he plays the first black President of the United States. Haysbert is the first movie star ever to visit and dive Bikini Atoll. About Bikini Haysbert said, "I saw sites that I will remember the rest of my life, and met the most amazing people: the Bikinians themselves. I had a wonderful time. Said De Lespinois about his experience on Bikini, "Not only was the diving unbelievable and the wrecks beyond description, the Bikini Atoll Divers team members were some of the most professional and skilled that I've encountered in the diving world.

The atoll's inhabitants were relocated in , after which the islands and lagoon were the site of 23 nuclear tests by the United States until Three families were resettled on Bikini island in , totaling about residents. But scientists found dangerously high levels of strontium in well water in May , and the residents were carrying abnormally high concentrations of caesium in their bodies. They were removed in