Windscale 1957
Subtitle: Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780230573178
Subjects: Nuclear industry, great britain; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear reactor accidents
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.