{"product_id":"nuclear-archipelago","title":"Nuclear Archipelago","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublisher's description:\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Archipelago tells the shocking story of the two British atomic weapons test series held at Western Australia’s Monte Bello Islands in 1952 and 1956. Operation Hurricane and Operation Mosaic took place at a rugged archipelago 100 kilometres off the Pilbara coast, and each of the three bombs sent fallout over vast distances across the country. One of the tests, Mosaic G2 in June 1956, the largest nuclear weapon test ever held in Australia, sparked panic at the time that it had been a nuclear accident. In both the Mosaic tests, the crew of a British ship was deliberately positioned in the path of fallout. The biodiverse natural environment of the islands was left contaminated and has never been cleaned up.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book explores the politics, the secrecy and the controversies, including the true nature of Mosaic G2 and its role in the clandestine development of the British hydrogen bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Elizbeth Tynan\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 384\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 1 August 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781761170218\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52874536223031,"sku":"9781761170218","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/9559\/0967\/files\/File-7476_medium_6ca8b450-1723-4e46-b333-9d3f0e2c002f.png?v=1787291237","url":"https:\/\/shop.moadoph.gov.au\/products\/nuclear-archipelago","provider":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}