Operation Hurricane, first British atomic test, Monte Bello islands

Date: 3 October 1952 Reference: ADM 280/966 Creator: Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies Catalogue context: Operation HURRICANE: report on testing of atomic weapons in vicinity of Monte Bello Islands, Australia Categories: Nuclear energy; Overseas Subjects: Armed Forces (General Administration); Australia and Pacific; Navy; Operations, battles and campaigns; Research; Weapons Topics: Business, finance and innovation; International trade and affairs; Military and war Period: Postwar Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf