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(27,509 posts) Sun May 12, 2013, 05:03 PM May 2013

Nuclear test veterans win war pensions after four year battle with Ministry of Defence

Source: Mirror

Survivors of Britain's nuclear tests have won war pensions after a four-year fight with the Ministry of Defence.

A judge ruled this week that men ordered into the fallout zone were injured by radiation in the 1950s and 60s.

The ruling is the first time UK nuke vets have been awarded money in recognition of their illnesses.

They say radiation left them with cancers, rare illnesses and birth defects in their children.

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Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nuclear-test-veterans-win-war-1884147

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Nuclear test veterans win war pensions after four year battle with Ministry of Defence (Original Post) bananas May 2013 OP

My dad was a marine occupying Japan in 1945, near Hiroshima. mountain grammy May 2013 #1

There were 2053 nuclear tests from 1945 to 1998 watch the time-line below. WHEN CRABS ROAR May 2013 #2

mountain grammy

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1. My dad was a marine occupying Japan in 1945, near Hiroshima.

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Sun May 12, 2013, 09:45 PM

May 2013

13 years later he died of luekemia, the number one disease for nuclear veterans. My dad would be classified a "nuclear veteran" under the VA's rules, but only those who were exposed to radiation during test explosions qualified for benefits, occupying troops do not qualify.

WHEN CRABS ROAR

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2. There were 2053 nuclear tests from 1945 to 1998 watch the time-line below.

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Sun May 12, 2013, 10:37 PM

May 2013

Did these tests raise the radiation levels world wide?

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