Mental health study for nuclear veterans families
Nuclear test veteran Bob Fleming, pictured with his wife Jean before he passed away - Credit: Luke Powell A nuclear test veteran blamed himself for the birth defects which he believed he passed on to members of his family, his daughter has revealed. Suzanna Ward spoke as a new study was launched into the mental health of the children, wives and widows of nuclear veterans. Around 22,000 British servicemen witnessed nuclear tests on mainland Australia, the Montebello Islands off Western Australia and Christmas Island in the South Pacific, during the 1950s and 1960s. A new study is being launc...