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Podcast: Radioactive Show
Episode: Maralinga still radioactive: Britain's atomic test legacy
Description: September 27 marks the anniversary of the first of the British atomic tests on the mainland that began at Maralinga in 1955. On this show we look at the cultural, environmental and toxic legacy left by Britain's atomic bomb tests at Maralinga and across the country. First up we hear from Dr.Jim Green National Anti-nuclear campaginer with Friends of the Earth Australia who talks us through some details of the atomic tests and trails, the numerous botched clean-ups that have left the lands of the Maralinga Tjarutja in particular heavily contaminated. He explains the findings of a report released by the Scho...