Research Catalog

Title

Windscale 1957 : anatomy of a nuclear accident / Lorna Arnold.

Author

Arnold, Lorna.

Publication

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

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Details

Description

xxv, 236 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"In 1957 one of the two reactors built at Windscale, in Cumbria, England, to produce plutonium for bombs was destroyed by fire, in the world's first major nuclear accident. This book - using official papers, scientific reports and much first-hand evidence - tells of those who designed, built and operated the reactors. It describes the fire of fifty years ago, and what followed, and considers its causes, effects and enduring political significance."--Jacket.

Subject

• Windscale Nuclear Laboratories
• Nuclear reactor accidents > England > Cumbria
• Nuclear power plants > Accidents > England > Cumbria

Note

• Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1995.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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 reppraisals -- Postscript.

ISBN

• 9780230573178 (pbk.)
• 0230573177 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 155679211
• SCSB-11580375

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library