Windscale 1957

Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident
Third Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-57317-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arnold, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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 (2001) and .