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Windscale, 1957

Lorna Arnold

1992235 pagesabout 4–5 hours
1992
first published
  • 1992Palgrave Macmillan · ENGISBN 9781349105823
  • 1992St. Martin's Press · 235 pages · ENGISBN 9780312068417
  • 1992Macmillan Academic and Professional · 235 pages · ENGISBN 9780333482520
  • 1995Macmillan · 235 pages · ENGISBN 9780333650363
  • 2007Palgrave Macmillan · 236 pages · ENGISBN 9780230573178
  • 2016Palgrave Macmillan · ENGISBN 9781349240081
  • 1992Palgrave Macmillan · 235 pagesISBN 9781349105847
  • 1992Gill & Macmillan Ltd · 269 pagesISBN 9780717119295

"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.

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