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Windscale 1957
Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident

Arnold, Lorna
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BOOK SYNOPSIS

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.


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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0230573177
Dewey Decimal: 363.1799094278
Library of Congress: oc2007186344
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 236



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