The United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and China all scrambled to develop ever more powerful nuclear weapons ...

An “atomic veteran” was a military service member who: At the time of their service, they were told not to discuss their involvement in nuclear tests because the information was classified. But in ...

The truth about tens of thousands British veterans who tested nuclear bombs has been "covered up for decades", the mayor of Greater Manchester has alleged. Andy Burnham told BBC Newsnight the ...

(The Center Square) — Veterans reportedly have faced a difficult time receiving compensation for decades of radiation exposure at classified sites. U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, ...

Around 150,000 civilian and military personnel took part in 210 nuclear tests carried out by France between 1960 and 1996. Ahead of Thursday's vote, Tahitian MP Maina Sage said extending compensation ...

Local veteran Dave Crete, has been named the August recipient of the "Salute Our Troops" award and has found a new calling in ...

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Barbara Kent and a dozen other 13-year-old girls believed nuclear fallout from the Manhattan Project's Trinity test was summertime snow.

COLUMBIA — Larry Pressley, who will turn 99 in September, is a man of habit. He eats the same thing around the same time for breakfast each morning — a bagel and an egg. That’s followed by a half-mile ...