Synopses & Reviews
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.
About the Author
LORNA ARNOLD OBE is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Fellow of the Institute of Contemporary British History, UK. She is author of Britain and the H-Bomb (2001) and Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and their Aftermath.
Table of Contents
Foreword--
P.Hennessy &
B.Cathcart * Britain's Atomic Bomb * Windscale's Origins * After
Hurricane * The Ninth Anneal * Damage Assessment and Damage Control * The Penney Inquiry and the First White Paper * Three More White Papers * Causes: an Accident Waiting to Happen * Appraisals and Reappraisals * Postscript