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  1. Sellafield safety report (1984)

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    Interview; News report

    Report on the report into high child cancer rates near Sellafield nuclear plant. With reaction from Sellafield Safety Manager John Donaghue; Sellafield employee; local residents Terry White, Rachel White,...

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  2. A-bomb victim takes case to High Court (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    51 year-old Melvin Pearce from Bristol was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1957 when the army exploded an atom bomb just a few miles away from him, off Christmas Island. Pearce is now seriously ill and...

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  3. Child B leukaemia case (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Alison Hodgkins reports on the case of leukaemia sufferer, Child B, who was refused a bone marrow transplant by Cambridge Health Authority. Following a financial donation she has undergone further...

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  4. The story of Child B (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Excerpt from interview with 10 year-old leukaemia sufferer, Jaymee Bowen (formerly known as Child B), who was refused a bone marrow transplant by Cambridge Health Authority. Following a financial donation...

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  5. Hiroshima bombing 50th anniversary (1995)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Special

    Alistair McGhie reports on the fiftieth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US Air Force. Includes archive recordings of the dropping of the bomb and...

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  6. Sellafield safety report (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on local reaction to the report into Sellafield nuclear plant possibly causing increased cancer rates in the area. With comment from Tom Coleman, father of a son who suffered from leukaemia and his...

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  7. A-bomb victim wins right to sue Government (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Melvin Pearce from Bristol was serving in the Royal Engineers in 1957 when the army exploded an atom bomb just a few miles away from him, off Christmas Island. Today’s unanimous ruling by the Law Lords...

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  8. Families living near Sellafield win legal aid for cancer fight (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    James Matthews interviews solicitor Martyn Day about a legal case in Cumbria, where families have won financial backing to try and prove the Sellafield nuclear plant is killing local children. Four families...

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  9. 1950s nuclear tests cover-up (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Paul Maurice reports on Greenpeace claims the UK Government is performing a cover up of records into nuclear medical testing during the 1950s following claims of radiation causing illness in veterans and...

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  10. Cancer risk to children of nuclear power station workers (1990)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Clayre Gribben reports on demands for new safety measures and improved compensation by workers at British nuclear power plants following a Medical Research Council survey revealing fathers working in...

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