BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA AND THE BOMB: THE NUCLEAR TESTS AND THEIR AFTERMATH

the long version

This is the story of British nuclear testing in Australia during the 1950s. Britain's first atomic test took place on Australian soil, and a further eleven explosions and a number of minor trials were made over the following decade. Updated information in this edition includes: new declassified material from the National Archives; more on the nature of the weapons being tested and the interrelationship with the H-bomb tests at Christmas Island; contemporary controversies over the health of test veterans; and the clean-up of the old test-range at Maralinga.--From back cover.