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Did nuclear radiation kill British termind Sir William Penney?

Did nuclear radiation kill British mastertmind Sir William Penney?

Mirror.co,uk News 2 March 09 The man who built Britain’s nuclear bomb and masterminded controversial tests – witnessed by 20,000 troops – may have been killed by radiation from the blasts.

According to his death certificate, Sir William Penney – known as the Father of the British Bomb after he organised a series of early nuclear tests – died from liver cancer aged 82 in 1991.

Experts said it was highly likely it was linked to his role in the blasts, for which he was made a life peer.

Gp Chris Steele said: “If someone has been playing with uranium for a large part of their adult life, you’re at very high risk of just this type of condition.”

Sir William’s son described as “a tragedy” the legacy of death and disease left by the experiments which made his father’s name.

The revelation comes as a judge decides whether to allow a multi-million-pound lawsuit accusing the Ministry of Defence of negligence. A thousand test veterans or their widows have accused the MoD of poisoning them with toxic fallout which left them suffering a catalogue of medical disorders including leukaemia, skin cancers, miscarriages, Down’s syndrome, birth defects… and liver cancer………………A total 20,000 British servicemen witnessed the blasts – and the 3,000 who survive say they are plagued with rare medical conditions.

In 1985 Penney gave evidence to a Royal Commission into the tests – the only time that he ever commented on them. He told the inquiry that the public were “kept in the dark” about the size of the bombs, and how fallout forecasts were “drastically off course”………………………Last month we revealed that an H-bomb was detonated at Christmas Island in 1958, Sir William fled the fallout zone with top brass because they were unsure what would happen.

Did nuclear radiation kill British termind Sir William Penney? – Exclusive – mirror.co.uk

March 2, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized