strontium-90: 152, 228, 234, 303
Stubbs, Stewart 159
Sun 88, 108, 209
Supply, Department of 94–95, 96–97, 128, 168
Sydney Morning Herald 80, 150, 208–209, 213, 250, 254, 258–260, 262, 265, 289
Symons, Michael 250
Szilard, Leo 35, 37, 39, 162
TAG (Technical Assessment Group) 283, 284, 292, 295
Taranaki site
burial of plutonium at 16, 26, 129, 232, 238–239, 243, 254, 280–281, 282
exclusion zone around 128
origin of name 22–23
plutonium residues at 22–23, 26, 119–122, 123, 129, 228, 234, 239, 241–242, 279, 282
see also Operation Antler; Owen, George; Vixen B trials
terrorist threat 254, 255, 257, 258, 259, 261
The Australian 20
thermonuclear weapons, defined 157, 318g
Thomson, David 269
Thomson, Donald 177
Thomson, George 42, 219
Thwaites, Tim 288
Timbs, Maurice 124, 167, 168
Tims trials 118, 120, 255–256
Titterton, Ernest
on Aboriginal people’s safety 172–173
as advocate of nuclear weapons 149–150, 151
appointment to ANU 6, 141
on ‘black mist’ allegations 197
as chair of AWSTC 141, 143–144, 151, 161–169, 172–173, 190–191, 303
character 140, 144–145
analysis of babies’ bones and 302–303
concealment of information by 120, 132–133, 138, 151, 162–167
death and obituary 140–141, 143–144
‘Dr Strangelove’ appellation 7, 140, 144
on fallout danger 250
insider status with AWRE 78, 120, 133, 140, 143, 147–149, 161–162, 169, 235
on plutonium contamination risks 258, 273
political role in the testing program 165–166
role in British and American atomic research and testing 46, 54, 140–143
role in clean-up operations 235–236
Royal Commission’s criticism of 132–133, 138, 140, 143–144
on terrorist threat 258
Vixen B trials and 120, 132–133, 163–166, 168
Tizard, Henry 53
Tjarutja people see Maralinga Tjarutja people
TM100 and TM101 sites 228, 232, 234, 238–239, 255
Toohey, Brian
investigative reporting by 19, 256–258, 260–261 263, 265–266
Killen’s denunciation of 261–262
Tooke, Thomas 297–299
Torlesse, Arthur 70, 71
Totem see Operation Totem
Townley, Athol 124, 164, 167
Tracker, HMS 71
Trident missiles 309
Trimouille Island (Monte Bello) 70, 71, 86, 89, 245–246
Trinity test at Alamogordo 47–48, 140
Truman, Harry 48
Truth/Mirror newspapers 109
Tube Alloys Directorate 33, 35, 44–45, 49, 55
Turner, Harry 97, 105, 162, 163, 192–193, 229, 231
Tyte, LC 70
underground tests proposal 227
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics see USSR
United Aborigines Mission 175–176
United Australian Press (UAP) 218
United Kingdom
1968 agreement on contamination responsibility 16, 19, 26, 244, 276, 281–282, 291–292
deception over Vixen B trials by 117, 131–133, 163, 244–245, 282–283, 289, 290, 292–293
denial of responsibility for plutonium clean-up 260, 276, 291–292
negotiations with Australia on compensation 276, 279–281, 283, 285–286, 288, 291–292, 294–295
nuclear weapons program 4, 52–56, 58–60, 307–309
repatriation of Tims plutonium by 121, 255–256, 259–260, 266–267, 292
role in nuclear weapons development 34–35, 39–44, 53–56, 58–60, 299–300
views McMahon Act as betrayal 50
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) 259
United Press Associations (UPA) 220–221
United States Air Force 81–82
uranium, characteristics 36
Uren, Tom 250–251, 254, 259
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
as atomic power 6–7, 57, 84, 107, 154
Britain and 55–56
and moratorium (1958) on atomic testing 126, 269
radioactive contamination in 246
spy rings 7, 37, 50–52, 56–58, 202, 204
see also Cold War
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986: 306
victims see Indigenous people; nuclear veterans
Viereck, Jennifer 3
Vixen A trials 127–128
Vixen B trials
British deception 117, 131–133, 244–245, 282–283, 289, 290, 292–293
governmental and public concerns 132
as breach of international law 121, 125–126, 129, 132–136, 250–251, 254, 268
lack of media attention 124–126, 225
objectives and methods 119–121
preparations 114–116
radioactive consequences 116–117, 121–123, 129, 277, 281, 282
safety controls 128–131, 137–138
secrecy surrounding 97, 116–117, 119, 132
similarity with Roller Coaster trials 119, 136, 278–279
Titterton’s concealment of dangers 151, 163–169
Toohey’s revelations 265–266
Walker, Frank 306
Wallatinna 174, 197–198, 271
Walsh, Peter 17, 19–20, 31–32, 269–270
Warburton Mission 179, 190
Warrego, HMAS 64, 68, 86
Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) 170, 184, 190
Webb, Jeremy 286, 290
Wewak site 127, 228, 232, 238
Wheeler, John 36
whistleblowing see Moroney, John; New Scientist story; Snowden, Edward; Toohey, Brian; WikiLeaks
White, B 192
Whitlam, Gough 248, 251
Wigner, Eugene 35, 39
WikiLeaks 307–308
Williams, Edward 207
Williams, Geoff
appraisal of black mist 198
ARL contamination survey and 13–18, 22–24
as source for Anderson story 32, 276–277, 284–285
Windscale 53–54, 71
Woodcock, ER 172
Woollett, Stuart 302
Woomera missile testing site 12, 177, 203–204, 207
WRE (Weapons Research Establishment) 170, 184, 190
X200: 76
X300: 1, 12, 93, 187
Yalata mission 174, 176, 182, 193, 196
yield (of nuclear explosion) 318g
Zeebrugge, HMS 71
Atomic Thunder Page 43