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Blogs are completed by guest bloggers on a weekly basis. If you would like to submit an article to be published, please email info@labrats.international. Every one who is connected with the tests has a story, they need to be told. We would like to thank everyone for their support to the Atomic Family, it is much appreciated.
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NAVAD Day 2025
Today is the 73rd anniversary of the first British Nuclear Test. Operation Hurricane was carried out in 1952 at the Montebello Islands in...
Invisible Enemy
1 hour ago2 min read
An Oral History Masterpiece
On the 12th of September at the British Library, An Oral History of British Nuclear Test Veterans was launched. After many years of hard...
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5 days ago3 min read
1958 Grapple Y & Z nuclear Tests by John Adams.
I was on Christmas Island for the nuclear tests in 1958. I was in the Royal Engineers working as a plant operator in the Quarry, which...
Invisible Enemy
Sep 206 min read
MONTEBELLO EXPEDITION DIARY PART II by Paul Grace
Gary Blinco and Paul Grace at Claret Cove (Merilyn Fairskye) At dawn on Day Two of our expedition to the Montebello Islands, the 80-foot...
Invisible Enemy
Sep 108 min read
MONTEBELLO EXPEDITION DIARY PART I by Paul Grace
Montebello Expedition 2025 (left to right): Jesse Boylan, Paul Grace, Darren Holden, Maxine Goodwin, Elizabeth Tynan, Toby Holden, Gary...
Invisible Enemy
Sep 38 min read
NFLAs join nuclear test appeal to French and Algerian Governments.
On the UN International Day against Nuclear Tests (29 August), the UK/Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities have joined French, Algerian...
Invisible Enemy
Aug 297 min read
Summer 2025 ATOM Magazine
An open letter to the Editor in Chief and CEO of Labrats International. ...
Invisible Enemy
Aug 216 min read
NRPB Study - A Lemon?
New evidence uncovered at The National Archives shows that the Medical Research Council were extremely concerned by the NRPB study into...
Invisible Enemy
Aug 75 min read
Homosexuality - Blame the Navy!
In 1960, 18 men were removed from Christmas Island for homosexual tendencies. (Please note that these documents contain wording which may...
Invisible Enemy
Aug 12 min read
H Bomb Tests |Christmas Island |Pacific | Grapple Y 1958
On a dark moonless night, we were bussed to Heathrow airport in civilian clothes and put on a BAOC super constellation plane. All cloak...
Invisible Enemy
Jul 208 min read
Trinity - 80 Years ago
On the 16th of July 1945, the first atomic bomb was detonated at 05:29:45 at the Alamogordo air base in New Mexico. On that day, the...
Invisible Enemy
Jul 154 min read
4.2 MILLION VIEWS
The Campaign for Social Justice created a video for our campaign for truth and justice. Peter Stefanovic has supported many causes and...
Invisible Enemy
Jul 134 min read
US Extends Nuclear Veteran Compensation program
On the 5th of July 2025, President Trump signed the 'Big Beautiful' bill into law in the USA. Included in this bill was the extension of...
Invisible Enemy
Jul 64 min read
Trust in the Establishment
For many decades, the Nuclear Test Veterans and their families have campaigned for the truth regarding the testing program and the...
Invisible Enemy
Jul 25 min read
Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024
ICAN have produced a new report entitled "Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024." We discuss the key findings of this report...
Invisible Enemy
Jun 133 min read
One-Year Anniversary of Expiration of RECA
On One-Year Anniversary of Expiration of RECA, Luján, Heinrich, Leger Fernández, Vasquez, Advocates Hold Press Call Highlighting Need to...
Invisible Enemy
Jun 114 min read
Compensation for UK Nuclear Test Veterans
Compensation for UK Nuclear Test Veterans: A Comprehensive Analysis of Policy, Health Impacts, and Legal Frameworks 1. Executive Summary...
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Jun 726 min read
NUCLEAR TEST VETERANS LEGAL ACTION UPDATE (23rd May 2025)
An update from McCue Jury and Partners. As you know, we are continuing to fight for the release of Veterans’ missing medical records,...
Invisible Enemy
May 263 min read
Misconduct in Public Office
The Ministry of Defence has been handed a 500-page dossier of evidence collated by Susie Boniface during the three-year investigation...
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May 143 min read
Life After the Big Bang
Taken from Colin Wood's Autobiography - Every day living is a bonus The 28th of April is the anniversary of Grapple Y on Christmas Island...
Invisible Enemy
Apr 267 min read
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