Windscale 1957 Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident |
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| Author:
| Arnold, Lorna |
| Foreword by:
| Hennessy, Peter
Cathcart, Brian |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-57317-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $64.99 |
Book Description:
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In 1957 one of the two reactors built at Windscale was destroyed by fire, in the world's first major nuclear accident. This book describes the fire and what followed, and considers its causes, effects and political importance. It throws a revealing new light on an important event of fifty years ago and on questions of secrecy and responsibility.
In 1957 one of the two reactors built at Windscale was destroyed by fire, in the world's first major nuclear accident. This book describes the fire and what followed, and considers its causes, effects and political importance. It throws a revealing new light on an important event of fifty years ago and on questions of secrecy and responsibility.