By Carys Nally

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The MoD has said four large studies found no link between the tests and ill health.

A study carried out by Brunel University in 2022 stated the nuclear test veterans were no more likely than other veterans to pass on changes in their DNA to their descendants.

But LABRATS contests these findings.

Captain Hughes, from Lydney in Gloucestershire, said he had suffered “various skin cancers” and was still concerned about the potential effect of the radiation on his children.

“The radiation acts as a hidden bullet – it just comes out as and when.

“A lot of people are affected – particularly the descendants. We’ve met a lot of the descendants who are very, very badly affected.

“It’s obviously gone through the genes. My own son, he can’t have children, I recognize, due to radiation problems as well,” he said.