Bntva.com is the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association
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BNTVA: Home Page
Description
The BNTVA began in May 1983 and we are an organisation, which deals with all nuclear veterans and their families. The definition of a nuclear veteran is - anyone, serviceman or civilian, who took part in the British Nuclear Test Programme, beginning with the first Test at Monte Bello 1952 and ending with Op Brumby in 1967. It also includes the men who were involved in the CleanUp Operations and persons involved in the handling of stores and equipment, returned from a test site.
We came into being because we heard of quite a number of men, who had been at one of the Test Sites, were either dead or dying from similar illnesses. When we began to investigate this we also learned of their children suffering in a similar manner. We were determined to find out the cause.
Our first major breakthrough was the release of a classified document, which stated that the Government should discover the effect of radiation, upon stores, equipment and men, with and without protective clothing! We feel we have discovered the effects!
