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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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Film Badges - 1958
A lot has been written over many years about film badges and their issuing of them to the participants in Nuclear Testing. But who made...
Invisible Enemy
Sep 8, 20224 min read
International Day Against Nuclear Tests
This day commemorates the closing of the Semipalatinsk Test Site - an inspiring achievement of the people-led movement against nuclear...
Invisible Enemy
Aug 29, 20223 min read
76 Squadron - The Expendables
Documents from the 5th February 1958, show the contempt for the men of 76 Squadron and the lack of care for the servicemen in order to...
Invisible Enemy
Aug 25, 20222 min read
All-Tests Reunion 2022
The All-Tests Reunion will take place on the 19th - 23rd of September 2022 at Pontins, Sand Bay, Weston-Super-Mare. This reunion provides...
Invisible Enemy
Aug 18, 20223 min read
FLT LT JOE PASQUINI
He flew through freshly bloomed thermonuclear mushroom clouds for the safety and security of the nation It has been a year since you left...
Invisible Enemy
Aug 6, 20222 min read
Remembrance 2022
LABRATS are proud to announce that they have received an allocation from the Royal British Legion to march at the Cenotaph this year. In...
Invisible Enemy
Jul 13, 20221 min read
US Atomic Veterans Medal
On the 5th of July 2022, the Defense Department of the United States of America announced an Atomic Veterans Commemorative Service Medal....
Invisible Enemy
Jul 7, 20223 min read
Busy few weeks
Over the last few weeks, the team at LABRATS has been extremely busy, working on behalf of the nuclear community. Meeting the UK Prime...
Invisible Enemy
Jun 23, 20224 min read
CHANV Bulletin No 6.
Thank you all for your interest and support of nuclear veterans and families campaign for recognition and justice. In particular...
Invisible Enemy
Jun 16, 202218 min read
Campaign makes History
The #lookmeintheeye campaign made history on the 8th June 2022 when the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson became the first PM to meet with...
Invisible Enemy
Jun 9, 20224 min read
Nuclear Ban Week - Vienna
As an ICAN partner, LABRATS has been working with other organisations preparing for the 1st Meeting of State Parties for the Treaty on...
Invisible Enemy
Jun 2, 20222 min read
Dominic Distance Challenge - Update
Can you run, walk or cycle the Dominic distance? 2022 is the 60th anniversary of Operation Dominic, a joint US/UK operation on Christmas...
Invisible Enemy
May 26, 20222 min read
Operation Mosaic - Just How Safe?
Operation Mosaic was a series of two tests carried out in the Monte Bello Islands on 16th May and 19th June 1956. The Royal Commission...
Invisible Enemy
May 16, 20222 min read
All Tests Reunion 2022
LABRATS announced that we had secured funding for the All Tests Reunion at Pontins, Sand Bay, Weston-Super-Mare. The funding to cover 110...
Invisible Enemy
May 12, 20222 min read
70th Anniversary - Hurricane
October 3rd 2022 is the 70th anniversary of the first British atomic test in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia. In this 70th...
Invisible Enemy
May 5, 20221 min read
Ionizing radiation and cancer: The failure of the risk model - Chris Busby
Green Audit UK/ Environmental Research SIA, Latvia Low Level Radiation Campaign. Press Release 25/04/2022: New peer-reviewed publication...
Invisible Enemy
Apr 28, 20222 min read
Life Changing Events
On the 3rd of April 2022, my life changed forever. I owe my life to certain individuals who saved me. It started with a football...
Invisible Enemy
Apr 20, 20223 min read
UK and Netherlands nuclear policies challenged in the Human Rights Council
LABRATS are proud to have contributed to this universal periodic review on the subject of British nuclear testing and work with these...
Invisible Enemy
Apr 9, 20222 min read
Christmas Island Nuclear Trials 1958 - Part Three
By Brigadier R.B. Muir, CBR, BSC, MICE, AMIMechE, AMIEE, AMIStructE This article deals with the nuclear trials held at Christmas Island...
Invisible Enemy
Apr 1, 202210 min read
Christmas Island Nuclear Trials 1958 - Part Two
By Brigadier R.B. Muir, CBR, BSC, MICE, AMIMechE, AMIEE, AMIStructE This article deals with the nuclear trials held at Christmas Island...
Invisible Enemy
Mar 24, 202215 min read
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