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Bikini nuclear test 60th anniversary

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Nerje Joseph (R), 65, a Marshallese survivor of the 1954 powerful nuclear test by the United States at Bikini Atoll, shakes hands with Matashichi Oishi (C), 80, a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the bomb test, when they meet in Majuro, the capital of Marshall Islands, on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Citizens of nuclear-bombed Marshall Islands yearn for Obama visit

In this Feb. 2014 photo, Nerje Joseph, now 68, a Marshall Islands national who was affected by a 1954 U.S. nuclear bomb test in her country's Bikini Atoll, shows a photo in the capital Majuro of her young self suffering from radiation exposure. Joseph and other residents of the tiny Pacific island country are yearning for a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama after learning that he is visiting Hiroshima, Japan, to campaign for a nuclear free world. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marshall Islands nuclear test

Nerje Joseph, who was exposed to nuclear fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific, is interviewed at her home on Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Nov. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marshall Islands nuclear test

Nerje Joseph, who was exposed to nuclear fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific, is interviewed at her home on Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Nov. 28, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo