Windscale 1957

Windscale 1957
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 261
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ISBN-10 : 9781349240081
ISBN-13 : 1349240087
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Book Synopsis Windscale 1957 by : Lorna Arnold

Download or read book Windscale 1957 written by Lorna Arnold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1957, one of the two reactors built at Windscale in Cumbria to produce plutonium for bombs was destroyed by fire in the world's first major nuclear accident. This book tells of the men who designed, built and operated the reactors, and it describes the fire and what followed.


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