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After the horrors of the Second World War, it was deemed necessary for Britain to have a weapon which could unleash hell. When atom bombs were dropped on Japan in 1945, LIFE magazine reported: “People’s bodies were terribly squeezed, then their internal organs ruptured.

“Then the blast blew the broken bodies at 500 to 1,000 miles-an-hour through the flaming, rubble-filled air.”

Yet, the powers-that-be in Britain decided a nuclear capability was the only was to guarantee our safety.

A small nation, racked by poverty and rationing, somehow defied American anger, Soviet spies and growing public outrage to create a device 100 times more powerful than those dropped on Japan.

But it came at a price. Of the 22,000 scientists and servicemen who took part in radioactive experiments in Australia and the South Pacific, just a handful are alive.

Their families report cancers, rare medical problems, high rates of miscarriage and deformities, disability and death for their children – and their grandchildren.

Now, the full story of Britain’s nuclear experiments is told for the first time in a Mirror website which details not only the scientific, military and political battles, but the human fallout. fea acc

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