Bomb Tests

The island was used by the British for low yield atmospheric H bomb testing in the 50's. The detonations were high altitude "clean" explosions and were very successful. Any radioactive contamination went high up into the atmosphere and is now spread around the world. The island never received any radiation and is a safe place to live. We have in fact stood at 'ground zero' with proper geiger counters and checked for radiation ourselves. There was none to be found.

The local people are very healthy, have healthy babies, and live to a ripe old age. If we thought there was any contamination we would not live there, nor bring our young families up there. Coming from NZ we were justifiably very concerned about possible contamination and this was the most important item on our check-list. There was no compromise on this issue - it was either 100% clean, or no resort.