Synopses & Reviews
In 1947, Britain decided that it must possess nuclear weapons. Unlike the US and the USSR, it did not have the vast empty spaces in which to conduct the tests that would be necessary to develop these weapons. The solution was found in Australia. This book, first published in 1987, tells the story of that unique partnership. This new edition includes fresh evidence about the weapons under development, the effects of the tests on participants, and the recent clean-up of the testing range.
Synopsis
Preface to Second Edition Atomic Policies and Policymakers Why Australia? Hurricane 1952 Totem 1953 A Pregnant Pause 1953-6 Maralinga: A Permanent Proving Ground Mosaic 1956 Buffalo 1956 'There Must Be Further Trials to Come': Weapons Planning 1956-7 Antler and After Kittens, Rats and Vixens The Maralinga Range after 1963 Health & Safety and the NRPB Studies In Retrospect
Synopsis
Britain, Australia and the Bomb tells the story of the unique partnership between the two countries to develop nuclear weapons in the 1940s and 1950s. This new edition includes fresh evidence about the weapons under development, the effects of the tests on participants, and the recent clean-up of the testing range.
Synopsis
Rev. ed. of: A very special relationship . 1987.
Table of Contents
Preface to Second Edition * Foreword to First Edition * Introduction * Atomic Policies and Policymakers * Why Australia? * Hurricane, 1952 * Totem, 1953 * Interval 1953-6 * Maralinga - A Permanent Proving Ground * Mosaic, 1956 * Buffalo, 1956 * Antler, 1957 * Macmillan's 'Great Prize': Grapple and the 1958 Bilateral * Kittens, Rats and Vixens * The Maralinga Cleanup * From Brumby to MARTAC * Health & Safety and the NRPB Studies * In Retrospect