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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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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


Christmas Island Nuclear Trials 1958 - Part One
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 17, 20228 min read


Playing with Fire - Peter Burt
Up until 2017, the UK has had 110 accidents involving nuclear weapons according to a 2017 report. As the war in Ukraine continues to...

Invisible Enemy
Mar 9, 20227 min read


Nuclear test veterans cancer risk increased
According to the British Journal of Cancer, the lifetime risk of men born between 1930 and 1960 of receiving a cancer diagnosis is 38.5%....

Invisible Enemy
Mar 3, 20223 min read


Study Shows Increased Risk of Harm
The fourth study into the Mortality and cancer incidence in United Kingdom participants in the United Kingdom’s atmospheric nuclear...

Invisible Enemy
Feb 26, 20226 min read


'I can't put a medal on a gravestone'
2022 is the 70th Anniversary of Operation Hurricane and the 60th Anniversary of Operation Dominic. To commemorate this anniversary,...

Invisible Enemy
Feb 24, 20223 min read


A POTTED HISTORY OF POST WW11 AMPHIBIOUS UNITS OF THE BRITISH ARMY - PART THREE
Extracted from the Journals of The Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport (The Waggoner) The first DUKW Company to be...

Invisible Enemy
Feb 11, 20227 min read


A POTTED HISTORY OF POST WW11 AMPHIBIOUS UNITS OF THE BRITISH ARMY - PART TWO
Extracted from the Journals of The Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport (The Waggoner) The first DUKW Company to be...

Invisible Enemy
Feb 3, 202210 min read


A POTTED HISTORY OF POST WW11 AMPHIBIOUS UNITS OF THE BRITISH ARMY - PART ONE
Extracted from the Journals of The Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport (The Waggoner) The first DUKW Company to be...

Invisible Enemy
Jan 27, 202210 min read


Why nuclear veterans' war pensions are denied. Part Two
Many nuclear veterans have been denied war pensions, in a document obtained by LABRATS, we look at the Adjudication Guidance. The...

Invisible Enemy
Jan 20, 20223 min read


Why nuclear veterans' war pensions are denied. Part One
Many nuclear veterans have been denied war pensions, in a document obtained by LABRATS, we look at the Adjudication Guidance. The...

Invisible Enemy
Jan 16, 20222 min read


#HillsboroughLawNow
On the 7th January 2022, the #lookmeintheeye campaign joined with the #HillsboroughLawNow campaign to call on the UK Government to...

Invisible Enemy
Jan 13, 20224 min read


76th Squadron - Exposed (Part 2)
New documents obtained by LABRATS International from the National Archives (Air 20 / 10811) show the exposure of the aircrews of 76th...

Invisible Enemy
Jan 8, 20222 min read


76th Squadron - Exposed (Part 1)
New documents obtained by LABRATS International from the National Archives (Air 20 / 10811) show the exposure of the aircrews of 76th...

Invisible Enemy
Dec 30, 20211 min read


Lastest Denial from the AMSC
The latest application for medallic recognition for the British nuclear test veterans has been denied by the Advisory Military...

Invisible Enemy
Dec 21, 20213 min read
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