Man loses compensation bid after radiation exposure at nuclear test site in South Australia

By Henry Belot
Updated February 3 2016 - 12:13am, first published February 2 2016 - 11:45pm
A sign pointing towards the Maralinga test site in South Australia in 1984.  Photo: Peter Solness
A sign pointing towards the Maralinga test site in South Australia in 1984. Photo: Peter Solness
One of the warning signs erected at the former nuclear bomb testing site in the north-west of South Australia.   Photo: Bryan Charlton
One of the warning signs erected at the former nuclear bomb testing site in the north-west of South Australia. Photo: Bryan Charlton

An 83-year-old man has lost his bid for compensation after developing health complications working at Maralinga in the late 1950s, the remote South Australian base for British nuclear tests.

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