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66 results found for '"Radiation"' in Keywords.
Windscale leak report (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with local MP Dr John Cunningham about the leak of radioactive material from Windscale (Sellafield), officials waiting 5 days to notify the public and the government report into the incident. Male...
Civil defence exercises (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Duncan Campbell, New Statesman journalist, criticising the civil defence exercises to monitor the effects on Britain in the event of a nuclear attack. Also criticises advice given to...
CND rally in London (1981)
- Genre
- Poetry; Special; Speech
Continued coverage of a CND rally in Hyde Park, London to protest over the siting of nuclear missiles in the UK, at the end of a march through Central London. Speaking to the rally are Hiroshima survivor Mr...
Commons on unemployment, Ian MacGregor, nuclear warfare (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Peter Spencer reports on Parliamentary reaction to the March unemployment figures, rumoured appointment of Ian MacGregor as head of the National Coal Board (NCB), and to a BMA report on effects of nuclear...
BMA report on health effects of a nuclear war (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the British Medical Association report on the potential effects of nuclear warfare on the population, made in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Speaking are Dr John Dawson and Dr...
Doomwatch Survey - Health risks (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Marjorie Higham of the Windscale Liaison Committee, on a new report which shows the health risks to residents in the area following an accident at the Windscale (Sellafield) nuclear reactor in 1957. Female...
Heseltine on BMA nuclear war report (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine justifying the nuclear deterrent against the Soviet Union despite The Medical Effects of Nuclear War report by the BMA. Male interviewer not identified.
Doomwatch Survey - Health risks (1983)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the Doomwatch Survey which shows the health risks to residents in the Windscale (Sellafield) area following an accident at the Cumbrian nuclear reactor in 1957. Male reporter not identified.
Effects of nuclear testing in Australia (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with fomer soldier Ken McGinley on his exposure to nuclear materials during British atomic testing during the 1950s and 1960s in Australia, the repercussions on his health, MOD cover-up and fight...
Nuclear tests in Australia (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Australian Aboriginal tribal leader James Yami Lester on his trip to London to seek the truth about nuclear testing in Australia by the British during the 1950s. Aborigines claim fallout...