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Bristol alumnus who advised Blix slams link to Aldermaston
CND vice-president puts former university in the spotlight

BRISTOL University came under fire for its nuclear weapons work yesterday from a former student turned UN arms adviser.

Dr Rebecca Johnson called on the institution to drop millions of pounds worth of "corrupt funding" it is receiving for carrying out research for the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

The CND vice-president quit a physics course at Bristol University after discovering it was working with the atomic weapons factory at Aldermaston.

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