Windscale, 1957

By Lorna Arnold

Subjects: British Nuclear Fuels Limited, Accidents, Nuclear power plants, Nuclear industry, great britain, British Nuclear Fuels Limited. Windscale Works, Windscale Nuclear Laboratories, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear reactor accidents, British Nuclear Fuels (Firm), British Nuclear Fuels (Firm). Windscale Works

Description: "In 1957 one of the two reactors built at Windscale, in Cumbria, England, to produce plutonium for bombs was destroyed by fire, in the world's first major nuclear accident. This book - using official papers, scientific reports and much first-hand evidence - tells of those who designed, built and operated the reactors. It describes the fire of fifty years ago, and what followed, and considers its causes, effects and enduring political significance."--Jacket.