A-bomb test victims await judge's ruling
More than 1,000 atom bomb test veterans, including a Telford man, will this week discover whether the Government has succeeded in its bid to derail their claims for compensation. More than 1,000 atom bomb test veterans, including a Telford man, will this week discover whether the Government has succeeded in its bid to derail their claims for compensation. The ex-servicemen, their widows and families claim the men were made ill by radiation exposure following nuclear tests in the Pacific and mainland Australia in the 1950s. But the MoD has tried to block the claims. The claims, if successful, could potentially cost the Ministry of Defence (MoD) hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation payments for a wide range of health problems. Claimants include Leslie Lund, 73, of Hollinswood. He says he has suffered breathing problems, blackouts and needed hip replacements since he witnessed the atomic bomb testing in 1956 aboard Royal Navy ship HMS Diana. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star.
More than 1,000 atom bomb test veterans, including a Telford man, will this week discover whether the Government has succeeded in its bid to derail their claims for compensation.
The ex-servicemen, their widows and families claim the men were made ill by radiation exposure following nuclear tests in the Pacific and mainland Australia in the 1950s. But the MoD has tried to block the claims.
The claims, if successful, could potentially cost the Ministry of Defence (MoD) hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation payments for a wide range of health problems.
Claimants include Leslie Lund, 73, of Hollinswood.
He says he has suffered breathing problems, blackouts and needed hip replacements since he witnessed the atomic bomb testing in 1956 aboard Royal Navy ship HMS Diana.
