Britain, Australia And The Bomb on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
''Britain, Australia and the Bomb: the Nuclear Tests and Their Aftermath'' is a 2006 book by Lorna Arnold and Mark Smith. It is the second edition of an official history first published in 1987 by
''Britain, Australia and the Bomb: the Nuclear Tests and Their Aftermath'' is a 2006 book by Lorna Arnold and Mark Smith. It is the second edition of an official history first published in 1987 by HMSO
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom. The OPSI is part of the National Archives of the Un ...
under another title: ''A Very Special Relationship: British Atomic Weapons Trials in Australia''. The book uses declassified material that has become available in the two decades prior to the book's publication. It covers the clean-up operations in the Maralinga Range and epidemiological studies on the health of the atomic test
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine nuclear weapons' effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability. Testing nuclear weapons offers practical information about how the weapons function, how detonations are affected by ...
participants.
Lorna Arnold was a Fellow of both the Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application.
It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physica ...
and Institute of Contemporary British History. Mark Smith is a Research Fellow at the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, University of Southampton
, mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour
, type = Public research university
, established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...
.
See also
* Nuclear tests in Australia * '' Maralinga: Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-up'' *McClelland Royal Commission
The McClelland Royal Commission or Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia was an inquiry by the Australian government in 1984–1985 to investigate the conduct of the British in its use, with the then Australian government's p ...
References