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New evidence on nuclear bomb tests points to cover up

Serviceman's blood showed 'hallmarks of radiation' By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been accused of "a cover-up of a cock-up" in the wake of new evidence that it failed to investigate genetic damage among the veterans of Britain's nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s.