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Windscale 1957 - Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident (Paperback, 3rd ed. 2007) Loot Price: R2,190

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Windscale 1957 - Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident (Paperback, 3rd ed. 2007): L. Arnold

Windscale 1957 - Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident (Paperback, 3rd ed. 2007)

L. Arnold

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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 text tells of the men who designed, built & operated the reactors. It also describes the fire & what followed, & considers its causes, effects & political importance.

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Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	L. Arnold
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	236
Edition:	3rd ed. 2007
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-57317-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Nuclear issues Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-230-57317-7
Barcode:	9780230573178