Tuesday, June 9, 1998 Published at 07:06 GMT 08:06 UK
Nuclear veterans' court hope
The former servicemen say they have suffered health problems from radiation
Former servicemen who were exposed to fall-out during British nuclear testing in the Pacific 40 years ago will hear on Tuesday whether they have won their case against the government.
Their claims for war pensions were rejected because there was no available evidence that their illnesses resulted from exposure to radiation.
Ken McGinley, a Royal Engineer, was on Christmas Island. Edward Egan, who was in the Navy, was stationed on a ship nearby.
Veterans say they were deliberately exposed to radiation to find out what would happen to them.
In 1996 the European Commission on Human Rights, which filters applications to the European Court of Human Rights, took the view that the men had been denied their rights and the opportunity to claim their pensions.