The Secret History of Britain’s Cold War Nuclear Experiments

 

Susie Boniface discusses her book Exposed: The Secret History of Britain’s Nuclear Experiments. In the early Cold War Britain hand-picked its healthiest and cleverest men to undertake a truly terrifying mission: to create and detonate an atomic bomb.

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 In the early Cold War, Britain, a country beset by post-war rationing and isolated from her allies created the most devastating weapons known to man, on the cheap and at the hurry-up. But it came at a horrifying price for them – and their families. The race to build a nuclear bomb sucked thousands into its vortex, who are still dealing with the effects of radiation today: veterans, widows, children, scientists and Indigenous people, all subjected to fear, radiation, and experimentation.

A black cloud still hangs over those who survive, and their descendants who fear the consequences of every fresh pregnancy. Susie reveals for the first time  the blood-stained truth at the heart of the British state’s longest criminal cover-up.

Today, the UK’s nuclear deterrent is a theoretical shield that shelters millions worldwide, protects it from aggressors, and guarantees its Prime Minister a seat at the top table. But for seven decades the veterans who created it have been denied truth and justice. As the handful of survivors launch a last-ditch legal bid for the answers, Exposed reveals the full price they paid for our peace and prosperity.

 

Links

Crowd funder for the Veterans Legal Case

BBC Iplayer – Britain’s Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story 

LABRATS International Nuclear Veterans

https://www.facebook.com/groups/nucleartestveterans

 

 

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