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Never before seen images of nuclear bomb tests in Australia

PICTURES Explosive: Unseen images unearth history of British nuclear bomb testing responsible for poisoning thousands | Mail Online

Unaware of the dangers of radiation, the men supervising the tests wore nothing more than military fatigues, which for some, soon after lead to heavy nose bleeding and early cancers. For others it took years.

Cancer, skin problems and infertility have all been suffered while some veterans may also have passed on genetic damage to their children…….

PICTURES Explosive new images unearthed of British nuclear bomb testing  Daily Mail    14th August 2010 Never-before-seen images of nuclear tests undertaken in Australia in the 1950s have been revealed.

They were taken by a Tyneside member of the RAF and amateur photographer John Alfred Milsom.

The striking images have been stored for decades among the possessions of the late Sgt Milsom, who witnessed the moment the bombs were detonated.

Discovered by his daughter Janette Hoyles, from Dunston, Gateshead, she said: ‘I remember him saying they were told to stand in a circle with their backs to the site of the explosion.

‘And then after the siren sounded they could turn around and see this frightening sight of the mushroom cloud.’……..

Unaware of the dangers of radiation, the men supervising the tests wore nothing more than military fatigues, which for some, soon after lead to heavy nose bleeding and early cancers. For others it took years.

Cancer, skin problems and infertility have all been suffered while some veterans may also have passed on genetic damage to their children…….

Last year a High Court judgement finally gave 1,000 servicemen the green light to sue the MoD.

A complex legal process is now in motion and it is hoped the veterans will eventually be compensated.

Explosive: Unseen images unearth history of British nuclear bomb testing responsible for poisoning thousands | Mail Online

August 17, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual | antinuclear, AUSTRALIA, cancer, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive