Windscale 1957
Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXV, 235 pages
978-1-349-10584-7 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of this book is to set the 1957 Windscale accident in its historical context in the immediate post-war period and the early days of the Cold War, to describe the event and its consequences and to evaluate it from the vantage point of 1990.
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Edition
1st ed. 1992
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XXV, 235 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-10584-7 (9781349105847)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-10582-3
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
02/1992
Palgrave Macmillan
€55.80
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Content
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.