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Windscale 1957
Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident
Taschenbuch von L. Arnold
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
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 Britain and the H-Bomb (2001) and Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and their Aftermath.
Zusammenfassung
This book describes the fire at Windscale in 1957 and what followed, and considers its causes, effects and political importance.
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xxv
236 S.
ISBN-13: 9780230573178
ISBN-10: 0230573177
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Arnold, L.
Auflage: 3rd ed. 2007
Hersteller: Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Maße: 216 x 140 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: L. Arnold
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.09.2007
Gewicht: 0,337 kg
Artikel-ID: 101959047
Über den Autor
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 Britain and the H-Bomb (2001) and Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and their Aftermath.
Zusammenfassung
This book describes the fire at Windscale in 1957 and what followed, and considers its causes, effects and political importance.
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xxv
236 S.
ISBN-13: 9780230573178
ISBN-10: 0230573177
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Arnold, L.
Auflage: 3rd ed. 2007
Hersteller: Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Maße: 216 x 140 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: L. Arnold
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.09.2007
Gewicht: 0,337 kg
Artikel-ID: 101959047
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