Atomic Energy Research Establishment 53, 142, 302
atomic science see nuclear physics research
atomic tests in Australia see nuclear tests in Australia
atomic weapons research see nuclear weapons research
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment see AWRE
Atomic Weapons Tests Safety Committee see AWTSC
Attlee, Clement 3–4, 64
The Australian 266–267
Australian Associated Press (AAP) 218
Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) 19
Australian Broadcasting Commission/Corporation (ABC) 17, 287, 291, 302
Australian Financial Review 19, 256–257, 261–262, 266
Australian Ionising Radiation Advisory Council 141, 270
Australian Radiation Laboratory see ARL (Australian Radiation Laboratory)
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency see ARPANSA
Australian Secret Intelligence Service 7, 224
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 7, 151, 202–204, 223
AWRE (Atomic Weapons Research Establishment)
awareness of plutonium levels 131–133, 281–282
babies’ bones analysis 302
balloon tests 111
British H-bomb project in the Pacific 84–85, 134
Bryant memo 133–134
deception over Vixen B trials 117, 131–133, 244–245, 282
Geneva Agreement and 126, 129, 132, 133, 135
knowledge of Roller Coaster tests 279, 280
Maralinga clean-up operations 230, 232–237, 240–243
Operation Antler 106, 111–112
redefinition of radioactive contamination 155–156
responsibility for radiological safety 97–98, 120, 122–123, 132–133, 154, 165, 167
role in Britain’s weapons building and testing 1, 53–54, 59, 66
Royal Commission’s criticism of 150–151
selection of Monte Bello site 64–65
Vixen B trials 120, 122–123, 125–126, 128, 129, 132–136, 282
see also Pearce Report; Penney, William
AWTSC (Atomic Weapons Tests Safety Committee)
acceptance of Pearce Report 16, 25
accusation of laxity against 233
Antler tests 160–163
censoring of criticism by 152–153
concerns about Vixen B trials 136
fallout monitoring methods 186
formation, role and composition 94, 140, 141, 146, 150–151
Giles meteorological station and 183–184
Mosaic tests 154–160
Titterton as chair 141, 143–144, 151, 161–169, 172, 190–191, 303
veto powers 94
Vixen A and B tests 165–169
Aylen, Jonathan 60
Ballis, DG 197
balloon tests 98, 111, 115–116, 127–128
Bannon, John 17, 19–20
Barnaby, Frank 307
Barnard, Lance 249, 264
Barry, James 268
Barton, Archie 289
Basic High Explosive Research 58–59
Bates, Daisy 175
Baxter, Phillip 141
BBC 295
Beadell, Len 12, 74–79, 92–93, 183, 190, 298
Beale, Howard
on Aboriginal safety 4, 187–188
on buried plutonium as terrorist threat 260
on closure of Ooldea Mission 177
information management by 72–73, 87–89, 107, 108, 112
kept in dark by Menzies 72
responsibility for development of Maralinga site 96
use of AWTSC as armour 152
beryllium 118, 127, 237
beta radiation 13, 313g
Bevin, Ernest 55–56
Beyond Belief (Cross and Hudson) 306
Bikini Atoll tests 59, 142, 220
Black Mist Burnt Country (exhibition) 310
‘black mist’ phenomenon 196–199
Blue Danube nuclear weapon 59–60, 62, 72, 101, 119, 307–308
Bohr, Niels 36, 41
Born, Max 56
Borschmann, Gregg 302
Bowers, Peter 258, 265
Britain see United Kingdom
‘Britain’s dirty deeds at Maralinga’ see New Scientist story
‘broken arrow’ scenario 119
Brooking, PW 133–136, 163
Brown, AS 148, 222
Brown, HJ 171, 190, 194
Brown, Paul 310
Bryant memo 133–134
Buchanan, AE 210, 216, 217–219, 221
Buckley, Dan 103–106
Buffalo see Operation Buffalo
Burnet, Macfarlane 161
Burns, Peter 14–18, 23, 32, 141, 280, 284–285, 289
Butement, Alan 1, 92–93, 141, 149, 161, 170–171, 184
Cabinet submission on buried plutonium 255–257
Cadogan-Cowper, GF 264–265
Calwell, A A 110, 189–190
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 107
Campania, HMAS 71
Canada 5, 51, 62–63
Canberra Times 273
Carrick, John 267
Cass, Moss 264
Cassels, AJH 64
Cavanagh, Jim 195
chain reaction, as concept 38–39
Cherwell, Lord 67, 149
Chifley, Ben 203, 207
Churchill (Manitoba) 5, 63
Churchill, Winston 6, 45, 49, 67–68
Clark, AM 270
Clarke, John 305
clean-up activities
1990s remediation plan 301–302
compensation from UK for 275–276, 283, 285–286, 287–292, 294–295
influence of Pearce Report on 228–230, 234–235, 237–239, 244
by MARTAC team 281
Operation Brumby 229, 233–237, 239
Operation Capelin 245–246
Operation Clean-Up 227–228
Operation Hercules 137–138, 229–233
Operation RADSUR 233–237, 282
role of AWTSC 228, 230–231
UK liability for 227, 260, 276, 291–292
cobalt-60 162–163
Cockcroft, John 41, 54
Cockram, Ben 148
Cold War 6–7, 201–202, 204–205, 206, 209, 211, 248
Commonwealth Relations Office 69, 133, 204,
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 207–208
Commonwealth X-Ray and Radium Laboratory 14
see also ARL (Australian Radiation Laboratory)
compensation for nuclear victims 174, 268–269, 304–305
compensation from UK for plutonium
clean-up
Australia–UK negotiations 275–276, 283, 285–286, 287–292, 294–295
impact of New Scientist story 287–289, 290–291, 294–295
UK liability for 227, 260, 276, 291–292
Conkey, Howard 32, 273
contamination see plutonium residues at Maralinga ; radioactive contamination
Cook, William 66, 98, 134–135
Cooper, Malcolm 13–14, 16, 18, 22, 23
Costello, Mike 289
Coulter, John 253
cover-ups and deception
Australia’s duplicity 293, 300–301, 310
British deceit over plutonium residues 117, 131–133, 244–245, 282–283, 289, 290, 292–293
Pearce Report 228–229, 237–240, 244–245
Titterton’s concealment of radiation dangers 151, 163–169
see also secrecy
Crean, Simon 276, 283, 285–286, 288, 295
critical mass, as concept 38–39
CRO (Commonwealth Relations Office) 69, 133, 204
Cross, Roger 306
CSIRO 207–208
Cundeelee Mission 176, 185
D-notice system 313g
adoption and operation in Australia 205–207, 209–211, 213–214, 223–224, 313g
ASIO and 223
ASIS and 224
Australia–UK coordination 219–220
Australian press agencies and 219
Buffalo and Mosaic tests and 222–223
confirmation of existence 224