1. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-01-2007 #2 -- TROOPS AND WORKERS PAID STEEP PRICE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- Radiation sickened 36,500 and killed at least 4,000 of those who built bombs, mined uranium and breathed test fallout.nf090107-2.htm
... TROOPS AND WORKERS PAID STEEP PRICE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- Radiation sickened 36, ... TROOPS AND WORKERS PAID STEEP PRICE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- Radiation sickened 36, ... fallout. For more about veterans and nuclear issues, use the VA Watchdog search ...ses search.php?q=nuclear&op=and Story here. ... Mountain News The U.S. nuclear weapons program has sickened 36,500 ... Nevada test site during above-ground nuclear tests; soldiers and workers at test ... times the current annual federal maximum for nuclear workers. He blames the nuclear tests for a long list of other... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf090107-2.htm
... FRANCE FINALLY AGREES TO PAY DAMAGES TO NUCLEAR TEST VETS -- For years France ... of silence around the dangers of the nuclear explosions. For more about nuclear test veterans, use the VA Watchdog ...sessearc h.php?q=nuclear+atomic&op=or Story .../nov/27/france-nuclear-tests-illness Story below: ... France finally agrees to pay damages to nuclear test victims Radiation illnesses must be recognised ... who worked on France's notorious nuclear tests in the Sahara desert and south ... Verger took part in the first French nuclear test in the Sahara desert in 1960... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfnov08/nf112808-5.htm
3. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 05-17-2007 #4 -- NEW ZEALAND'S NUCLEAR VETERANS WANT TESTS ON THEIR CHILDREN -- Servicemen who suffered genetic damage after watching British NUCLEAR tests in the Pacific 50 years ago say they want their children's health investigated.nf051707-4.htm
...4 -- NEW ZEALAND'S NUCLEAR VETERANS WANT TESTS ON THEIR CHILDREN - ... who suffered genetic damage after watching British nuclear tests in the Pacific 50 years ago ... Printer Friendly Page NEW ZEALAND'S NUCLEAR VETERANS WANT TESTS ON THEIR CHILDREN - ... who suffered genetic damage after watching British nuclear tests in the Pacific 50 years ago ... who suffered genetic damage after watching British nuclear tests in the Pacific 50 years ago ... yesterday found former sailors who observed the nuclear blasts had a high level of cell ... did New Zealand servicemen get exposed to nuclear radiation? In 1957 and 1958 Britain carried out nuclear tests at Christmas Island (now part... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf051707-4.htm
...-Friendly Version AUSSIE VETERANS EYE UK NUCLEAR CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT - - Australian nuclear test veterans are closely monitoring a mass ... own government. For more information on nuclear issues, use the VA Watchdog search .../sessearch.php?q=nuclear&op=and Story here. ... veterans eye UK nuke class action Australian nuclear test veterans are closely monitoring a mass ... all we can do." Australian Nuclear Veterans Association (ANVA) president Ric ...5 --AUSSIE VETERANS EYE UK NUCLEAR CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT --Australian nuclear test veterans are closely monitoring a mass... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfMAR08/nf030908-5.htm
... PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENTS 2. UPDATE: NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TO EXAMINE RADIATION TREATMENT PROGRAM ...'s radiation safety program; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which regulates the use of all nuclear materials; and the Joint Commission, ... a 'safety culture,' the nuclear commission found. Dr. Kao and ... implants in Philadelphia were reported to the nuclear commission, meaning errors went uninvestigated for ... but he declined to elaborate. A nuclear commission consultant, Dr. Ronald E ... S. Malmud, chairman of a nuclear commission advisory committee, said last month ... experience in brachytherapy, according to the nuclear commission. Even so, the unit... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfjun09/nf062109-1.htm
6. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-10-2007 #2 -- RICHARDSON AND PRINCIPI VISIT USS PUEBLO IN NORTH KOREA -- Also, get involved in nuclear reactor deliberations with NK government officials.nf041007-2.htm
... -- Also, get involved in nuclear reactor deliberations with NK government officials. ... -- Also, get involved in nuclear reactor deliberations with NK government officials. ... before a crucial deadline in a recent nuclear disarmament accord. Under the terms of ... said it would shut down its main nuclear reactor by April 14. Richardson has ... would be difficult to shut down the nuclear reactor by a Saturday deadline called for in a Feb. 13 nuclear disarmament accord. Under that agreement, ... to take initial steps toward dismantling its nuclear program, including closing its main nuclear reactor, in exchange for economic aid... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf041007-2.htm
7. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 08-29-2007 #3 -- PRESIDENT BUSH ADDRESSES AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION IN RENO -- Warns of "nuclear holocaust" if Iran is armed.nf082907-3.htm
... IN RENO -- Warns of "nuclear holocaust" if Iran is armed. ... IN RENO -- Warns of "nuclear holocaust" if Iran is armed. ...--- Bush warns of 'nuclear holocaust' if Iran armed The United ... and raised the spectre of a "nuclear holocaust" in the Middle East if ... pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear weapons threatens to put a region already ... and violence under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust," he told the American ... that can be used both to make nuclear fuel and nuclear weapons - has already seen it slapped... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAUG07/nf082907-3.htm
... experience as a participant in tests of nuclear blasts in the late 1950s. (Nick King / Columbia Daily Tribune) NUCLEAR TEST VETERAN RECALLS HORROR The government was ...---- Veteran exposed to nuclear radiation for tests Military was intent on ....S. military conducted 106 atmospheric nuclear tests. At the time, Robertson said, military brass believed a nuclear confrontation with the Soviets was likely. ... It was an awesome force. A nuclear bomb thrusts so much air away from ..., 12th Infantry observed 12 to 15 nuclear blasts. Typically they waited two to ... said, if they ever saw a nuclear bomb detonate with their own eyes,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfjun09/nf062209-5.htm
... comes from the children and grandchildren of nuclear test vets . While we know of ... further... Radiation from 1960s nuclear tests is still hurting my family The ... for British servicemen exposed to radiation during nuclear testing in the 1950s and 60s. ... come next the searing heat from the nuclear explosion. 'It felt like someone .... That was the first of 24 nuclear explosions to which Derek, now 68 ... on behalf of successive governments, the nuclear test guinea pigs have made significant progress ..., the rate of congenital deformities among nuclear test veterans' children was almost ten ... made. Which is why the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association (BNTVA) commissioned... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfapr09/nf042709-5.htm
10. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 06-21-2007 #7 -- CANADIAN VETS WHO TOOK PART IN U.S. NUCLEAR TESTS KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS BUT WEREN'T PROTECTED -- "We were young and stupid. It was exciting."nf062107-7.htm
... TOOK PART IN U.S. NUCLEAR TESTS KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS BUT WEREN ... TOOK PART IN U.S. NUCLEAR TESTS KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS BUT WEREN ... veterans who took part in Cold War nuclear weapons tests knew it was dangerous, ... personnel who were exposed to radiation from nuclear weapons tests during the Cold War or ... in U.S. and British nuclear weapons testing has been documented. What ... O'Connor by Ottawa-based nuclear weapons specialist John Clearwater, does not ... Canadian military personnel attended up to 29 nuclear weapons tests conducted in Australia, the ... the author of three books on Canadian nuclear weapons and Cold War issues, found... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfJUN07/nf062107-7.htm
