Tag Archives: Maralinga

We sliced open radioactive particles from soil in South Australia and found they may be leaking plutonium via The Conversation

Posted on 2021/06/26 by nfield

Almost 60 years after British nuclear tests ended, radioactive particles containing plutonium and uranium still contaminate the landscape around Maralinga in outback South Australia. These “hot particles” are not as stable as we once assumed. Our research shows they are likely releasing … Continue reading →

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Visit Maralinga Atomic Bomb Test Site via Maralinga Tours

Posted on 2016/07/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Not Kazakhstan, not Nevada… but South Australia’s Maralinga. Maralinga Tours – an insight into our hidden past Learn about a very, very dark chapter in Australia’s history. One Tree, Marcoo, Kite, Breakaway, Tadje, Biak and Taranaki: innocuous sounding names that … Continue reading →

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Legacy of British nuclear tests in Australia in focus with national tour via NITV

Posted on 2016/04/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

‘Nuclear energy is not an Aboriginal issue, it’s a people issue,’ says Australian nuclear test survivor Sue Coleman-Haseldine. Sue Coleman-Haseldine was not quite three years old when the British government conducted nuclear tests at Emu Field and Maralinga in South … Continue reading →

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Aboriginal women reaffirm fight against nuclear waste dump in South Australia via ABC Online

Posted on 2015/10/17 by norma field

The first shipment of Australia’s nuclear waste to be returned from re-processing in France has now left a French port, and will arrive on our shores by the end of the year. The return of the 25 tonnes of nuclear … Continue reading →

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British scientists secretly used Australian population to test for radiation contamination after nuclear tests at Maralinga via The Advertiser

Posted on 2014/09/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

BRITISH scientists secretly used the Australian population to test for radiation contamination after the nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 1950s, a new book confirms. Its author, Frank Walker, has obtained the minutes of a top secret meeting in England … Continue reading →

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British scientists tested dead Australians for nuclear radiation via Australian Times.co.uk

Posted on 2014/09/01 by norma field

Startling evidence that British scientists secretly tested up to 21,830 dead young Australians, without the knowledge of their parents, for radiation contamination following nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s. […] The author of Maralinga, Frank Walker, laid his hands on … Continue reading →

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No way forward for Maralinga victims via ABC News

Posted on 2013/01/17 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Aboriginal people exposed to British atomic tests in the South Australian outback have been told by lawyers their fight for compensation is over because it is impossible to prove radiation caused their illnesses. Seven atomic bombs were detonated at Maralinga … Continue reading →

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UK nuclear veterans timed out? via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2012/10/04 by norma field

Article Highlights The UK Supreme Court has ruled against atomic and nuclear veterans seeking compensation for radiation exposure during British weapons testing in the 1950s. The ruling, which found the claims were not filed within a three-year statute of limitations, … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Nuclear Test Sites via Listverse

Posted on 2012/05/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

For obvious reasons, most of the world’s sites for the testing of nuclear weapons are located in remote and little-known places, away from population areas and prying eyes. Although the sites may make the news whenever a weapon is tested, … Continue reading →

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