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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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Christmas Island (Service Conditions)
Volume 582: debated on Friday 14 February 1958 - From Hansard Picture courtesy of John Adams Much has been written about the conditions...

Invisible Enemy
Oct 11, 202415 min read


Parliamentary Work
On Wednesday and Thursday this week, representatives met with MP's and Ministers to discuss the continued quest for truth and justice. A...

Invisible Enemy
Sep 14, 20244 min read


NTV Medal for Tekonau Tetoa
My name is Teraabo (AKA Terri) Pollard, nee Tetoa, I was born on Christmas Island on the 28th March 1958 a few weeks before the largest...

Invisible Enemy
Aug 2, 20242 min read


General Election 2024
On Polling day, the UK public has the chance to change the political landscape forever. Many polls put Labour 20 points ahead, with the Conservatives and Reform neck and neck, with the Liberal Democrats in 4th place. But does it matter to the British Nuclear Veterans and their quest for truth and justice? Many governments both Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem's have had a say in how we should treat our nuclear veterans, yet none have stood up to the Ministry of Defence and in

Invisible Enemy
Jul 4, 20244 min read


Update on Bloody Truth: The Nuclear Test Veterans’ Search for Justice
Dear Supporters We write to provide you with an update on the Nuclear Test Veterans' fight for justice via CrowdJustice. We remain in...

Invisible Enemy
Jun 19, 20243 min read


Medical Negligence on HMS Tracker
The Ministry of Defence has always stated that the Health and Safety procedures were followed during the British Nuclear Testing program....

Invisible Enemy
Jun 14, 20244 min read


Opposition to Nuclear testing
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom National Assembly of Women Japanese Embassy Tokyo to the Foreign Office Washington to...

Invisible Enemy
May 25, 20241 min read


Operation 'Hot Box'
Operation 'Hot Box' was released in October 1953 and contains the full description of the measurements and procedures carried out at...

Invisible Enemy
May 16, 20244 min read


Applying for Medical Records
By Susie Boniface. In light of the recent FOI win on the medical records, I've been asked to let people know how they can apply for the...

Invisible Enemy
May 9, 20243 min read


Nuclear Veterans (Compensation) Bill
A private members bill is due for it's second reading on Friday 19th April. it has been brought by Owen Thompson of the Scottish National...

Invisible Enemy
Apr 17, 20241 min read


The Dose Received at Various Parts of the Body by a Man Walking Over Contaminated Ground
For decades, the Ministry of Defence has relied on dosimeter readings using standard dosimeters carried by the man. New evidence shows...

Invisible Enemy
Mar 14, 20243 min read


Tackling nuclear legacies, 70 years after Bravo
Islands Business magazine (Fiji), March 2024 www.islandsbusiness.com By Nic Maclellan On 1 March 1954, the US government exploded a...

Invisible Enemy
Mar 1, 20248 min read


Asbestos Exposure - Naval Personnel
A new study of naval personnel published in November 2023 has shown that approximately 27% of lung cancers in Australian seamen and 12%...

Invisible Enemy
Feb 15, 20244 min read


Silence is Deafening
In November 2023, we exposed the 1988 NRPB Study into the Nuclear Veterans as no longer being independent as the Ministry of Defence...

Invisible Enemy
Jan 31, 20243 min read


CHANV Newsletter - 8th January 2024
Open Newsletter, 08 January 2024, on behalf of the Combined History Archive of Nuclear Veterans. In support of the Nuclear Test Veterans...

Invisible Enemy
Jan 11, 202425 min read


Radiation Exposure Claims
Following a recent Freedom of Information request by another organisation, the guidance for awarding AFCS claims has been published. For...

Invisible Enemy
Jan 4, 20243 min read


Operation Bagpipes
The Loss of Canberra - WH.697 and the failure of the UK Government to include them in the NTV Medal. In 1954, the UK sent Canberra...

Invisible Enemy
Dec 14, 20232 min read


NTV Medical Records Debate
AN OPEN LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE COMBINED HISTORY ARCHIVE OF NUCLEAR VETERANS (CHANV) In the interests of Freedom of Information expected...

Invisible Enemy
Dec 9, 202314 min read


NRPB Study - The MOD Rewrote the report
Following on from Susie Boniface's article in the Daily Mirror which exposed that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) had rewritten the initial...

Invisible Enemy
Nov 30, 20234 min read


Effects of external ionizing radiation on personnel - part two
Following on from our previous blog, we continue to analyse the report on the general effects of ionizing radiation. General Effects...

Invisible Enemy
Nov 26, 20233 min read
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