| Description |
2 volumes (xxi, 615 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Parliamentary paper ; no. 484 of 1985 |
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Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 1985, no. 484
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Preamble to Australian involvement -- Nuclear weapons, radiation and aspects of health physics -- Radiation protection standards -- Operation Hurricane : introduction; The choice of the Monte Bello Islands; Criteria for safe firing : estimated dosed from fallout; observed cloud; Fallout monitoring; Safety of Aborigines; Safety of servicemen -- Operation Totem : introduction; Criteria for safe firing : Totem 1 cloud; Totem 2 cloud; Fallout monitoring : Totem 1, Totem 2; Safety of Aborigines: Aborigines - location and lifestyle; consideration of Aborigines - the patrol officer; The closure of Ooldea; Emu and further patrols; The black mist: the physical phenomenon; Scientific and other evidence; Other relevant evidence; Contamination at Wallatinna; Yami Lester's blindness; Safety of servicemen : radiological regulations; Activities in the forward area of Totem 1 and Totem 2; Decontamination at Emu; The involvement of aircrew at Operation Totem; Totem 1 - participation - Woomera; Totem 1 - participation - Richmond -- Totem 2 - participation; Air surveys for ground contamination; Contamination of ground crew - Woomera; Allegations by participants; Recorded dose levels at Totem; Hurried evacuation of Emu; Centurion Tank -- Operation Mosaic : introduction; The choice of Monte Bello Islands; The Atomic Weapons Tests Safety Committee; Criteria for safe firing and meteorological forecasting : prediction of fallout pattern; observed cloud from test G1; predictions of fallout for test G2; observed cloud from test G2; Fallout monitoring : fallout from Mosaic G1; fallout from Mosaic G2; Information supplied to Minister for Supply by the AWTSC; Safety Committee report to Prime Minister; Safety of Aborigines; Safety of servicemen - allegations of participants at Mosaic -- Operation Buffalo : Introduction; Establishment and management of the range; Criteria for safe firing - meteorology and prediction of fallout levels; Fallout monitoring : Buffalo 1 (One Tree) fallout; Buffalo 2 (Marcoo) fallout; Buffalo 3 (Kite) fallout; Buffalo 4 (Breakaway) fallout; Radioiodine survey -- Safety of Aborigines: the Maralinga site; Further restrictions; Aboriginal movements; Giles Meteorological Station; Fallout monitoring track; A handful of natives; A second patrol officer; Inadequate data collection; Cynicism rampant; Where is Macaulay?; Buffalo air patrols; Sightings of Aborigines; The Pom Pom incident; Safety of servicemen : plans and regulations; Radiological safety at Buffalo - contemporary documents; Radiological safety at Buffalo: statements and oral evidence; Target response tests; The indoctrinee force; Other recorded doses; Allegations by the participants; Village contamination -- Operation Antler: Criteria for safe firing : meteorological services; prediction of fallout; Antler Round 1 (Tadje); Antler Round 2 (Biak); Antler Round 3 (Taranaki) -- Fallout monitoring : fallout from Antler Round 1 (Tadje); Antler Round 2 (Biak); Antler Round 3 (Taranaki) ; results applicable to fallout from all rounds; Safety of Aborigines : hypocrisy and lies; ground patrols for Antler; Air patrols for Antler; Aboriginal people in the prohibited zone; Safety of servicemen : the Sergeant Smith incident; The cobalt-60 incident -- Volume 2: The minor trials : Kittens; Tims; Rats; Vixen A; Vixen B; materials left on the range; Plutonium; Beryllium; The politics of minor trials -- Sundry topics: Decontamination of aircraft: Operation Hurricane; Operation Totem; Operations Mosaic, Buffalo and Antler; Loss of balloons at Maralinga; Allegations of dead Aborigines at the Maralinga Range; Allegations of burning of bombs at Woomera; The Marston controversy; Peace officer guards -- The "need to know" : The McMahon Act; Operation Epicure; Operation Hurricane : Australian participation; the press and the public; Operation Totem : the press and the people; Maralinga - a permanent proving ground; The Atomic Weapons Safety Committee; Operation Mosaic : the government; the media and the public; Operation Buffalo; Operation Antler: the AWTSC and the establishment of the Board of Management; the press and the public; The minor trials : Kittens 1953; Kittens and Tims 1955; The press and the public; Minor trials: 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; State of test sites: Maralinga clean-ups and surveys before 1967; Operation Brumby; Salvage of equipment from Maralinga; AIRAC4 : the repatriation of 0.5 kg of plutonium; The 1985 ARL survey; Emu; Monte Bello Islands -- Future management of the range : the hazards at Maralinga and Emu; The future use of Maralinga lands by Aborigines; Compensation for loss of use of lands - development of the outstation; Hazards to Aborigines using the range : inhalation, ingestion, injection, buried wastes, beryllium, uranium; Clean-up of the Maralinga and Emu sites; Who should pay for the clean-up of Maralinga?; Future of Monte Bello Islands -- Consideration of the AIRAC 9, Kerr and Donovan repots and the South Australian health studies -- Recommendations -- Appendix D Witness and statement list : Aborigines |
| Summary |
Health aspects of nuclear weapons; protection standards; operations; safety of Aborigines and role of W.B. MacDougall as Patrol Officer; future use of Maralinga lands; recommendations |
| Notes |
J.R. McClelland (President) |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: Appendix H |
| Credits |
J.R. McClelland (President) |
| Issuing Body |
President: J.R. McClelland |
| Subject |
MacDougall, Walter B
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Atomic bomb -- Australia -- Testing.
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Atomic bomb -- Australia.
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Liability for nuclear damages -- Great Britain.
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Nuclear explosions -- Australia.
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Nuclear explosions.
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Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Australia -- Emu (S. Aust.)
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Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.)
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Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Australia -- Montebello Islands (W.A.)
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Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Australia.
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Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Physiological effect.
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Nuclear weapons -- Testing.
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Nuclear weapons -- Australia -- Testing -- Environmental aspects.
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Nuclear weapons -- Australia -- Testing -- Safety measures.
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Nuclear weapons -- Australia -- Testing.
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Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain -- Testing.
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Radiation -- Safety measures.
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Radioactive fallout -- Australia.
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Radioactive fallout -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.)
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Radioactive pollution -- Australia.
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Radioactivity -- Safety measures.
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Military relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409 -- Great Britain.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147
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Emu (S. Aust)
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Emu (S. Aust.)
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Emu (S.A.)
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Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- Military relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409 -- Australia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
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Maralinga (S.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82122158
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Montebello Islands (W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95001120
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| Author |
McClelland, J. R. (James Robert), 1915-1999.
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Royal Commission into British Nuclear Tests in Australia.
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| ISBN |
0644044349 (set) |
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0644044357 (v.1) |
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0644044365 (v.2) |
