Title Fallout : Hedley Marston and the British bomb tests in Australia / Roger Cross

Published Kent Town, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, [2001] ©2001

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Description xii, 226 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 21 cm Summary In the 1950s, the Australian government agreed to let the British government test atomic bombs in South Australia's northern deserts. The Australian public was assured there was no risk from radioactive fallout, but Hedley Marston, a CSIRO biochemist, conducted experiments to prove the government was telling lies Analysis CSIRO Federal issue Great Britain Hedley Marston Maralinga Nuclear weapons tests Radioactive fallout Safety Scientific research Scientists South Australia Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 213-219 Notes Print version record Subject Marston, Hedley R. (Hedley Ralph), 1900-1965. Nuclear weapons -- Testing. Nuclear weapons -- Australia. Nuclear weapons -- Great Britain. Radioactive fallout -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.) Radioactive fallout -- Australia -- South Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.) Radioactive pollution -- Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.) Radioactive pollution -- Australia -- Marlinga (S.A.) Radioactive pollution -- Australia -- South Australia -- Maralinga (S.A.) Radioactive pollution -- Australia -- South Australia -- Marlinga Author ebrary, Inc. LC no. 2001431106 ISBN 1862545235

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