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Nuclear test veterans: 'My dad was treated like a guinea pig', By Chris Wood, BBC News 30 May 21, When David Purse was sent to Australia, he thought it would be a "wild adventure" in a little-explored place. However, the RAF flight lieutenant's posting to a remote area called Maralinga was to test atomic weapons.…
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The catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant occurred on April 26, 1986, in the No. 4 nuclear reactor close to the city of Pripyat, in north Ukraine. The event saw 400 times more radioactive material than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki sent into the sky and land in the surrounding area. Locals were evacuated and told to pack enough for three days, however, most never returned.