Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) records relating to nuclear test veterans
Records held in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Merlin database which contain the words ‘blood’ and/or ‘urine’.
This collection contains records held by the AWE relating to nuclear test veterans, which are being published alongside a Written Ministerial Statement by the Minister for Defence People and Families, The Rt Hon Andrew Murrison MP.
The documents include technical reports and general correspondence between government offices discussing the necessity of carrying out precautionary testing on service personnel and civilians attending nuclear tests.
Redactions have been made to the documents to protect personal information, as governed by the Data Protection Act 2018 and where officials assessed there to be minor national security concerns.