Windscale 1957: Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident

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.

Author: L. Arnold
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.91w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780230573178

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.