![From pearl fishing to radionuclides – the effect of British atomic testing on the Montebello Islands. From pearl fishing to radionuclides – the effect of British atomic testing on the Montebello Islands.](https://irp.cdn-website.com/5bdb0dab/dms3rep/multi/Montebello+Test+Marker+1956.png)
From pearl fishing to radionuclides – the effect of British atomic testing on the Montebello Islands.
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Radiation 'hotspots': legacy of British nuclear tests lingers on idyllic islands in Western Australia | Western Australia | The Guardian
![ECU study finds radiation risk at WA's Montebello Islands nuclear test site 70 years on | The West Australian ECU study finds radiation risk at WA's Montebello Islands nuclear test site 70 years on | The West Australian](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-8438925/2a2ebffc4bf2ee12eca65f134ea7b789c3428bfa-16x9-x0y1360w1750h984.jpg)
ECU study finds radiation risk at WA's Montebello Islands nuclear test site 70 years on | The West Australian
![Radiation risk remains at Britain's first nuclear test site in Australia, experts warn | Science | News | Express.co.uk Radiation risk remains at Britain's first nuclear test site in Australia, experts warn | Science | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/151/590x/montebello-islands-nuclear-test-radiation-risk-1679386.jpg?r=1665091733550)
Radiation risk remains at Britain's first nuclear test site in Australia, experts warn | Science | News | Express.co.uk
![A plinth on Trimoulle Island, Montebello Islands, Western Australia records where British forces detonated an atomic weapon 1956 Stock Photo - Alamy A plinth on Trimoulle Island, Montebello Islands, Western Australia records where British forces detonated an atomic weapon 1956 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B4RTK5/a-plinth-on-trimoulle-island-montebello-islands-western-australia-B4RTK5.jpg)