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Windscale: A nuclear disaster
« on: October 06, 2007, 07:14:59 AM »
Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster will be broadcast on Monday, 8 October, 2007, at 2100 BST on BBC Two.

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Fifty years ago, on the night of 10 October 1957, Britain was on the brink of an unprecedented nuclear tragedy. A fire ripped through the radioactive materials in the core of Windscale, Britain's first nuclear reactor.

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Nick, where were you that night?  rubschin:
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Re: Windscale: A nuclear disaster
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2007, 07:48:03 AM »
Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster will be broadcast on Monday, 8 October, 2007, at 2100 BST on BBC Two.

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Fifty years ago, on the night of 10 October 1957, Britain was on the brink of an unprecedented nuclear tragedy. A fire ripped through the radioactive materials in the core of Windscale, Britain's first nuclear reactor.

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Nick, where were you that night?  rubschin:


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Yea. Windscale problee. ::)

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Re: Windscale: A nuclear disaster
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2007, 07:51:06 AM »
Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster will be broadcast on Monday, 8 October, 2007, at 2100 BST on BBC Two.

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Fifty years ago, on the night of 10 October 1957, Britain was on the brink of an unprecedented nuclear tragedy. A fire ripped through the radioactive materials in the core of Windscale, Britain's first nuclear reactor.

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Nick, where were you that night?  rubschin:


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Yea. Windscale problee. ::)
A 3 y/o Nick and a box of matches would have done it for sure...  whistle:
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Re: Windscale: A nuclear disaster
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2007, 04:42:37 PM »
And without using the matches........


On that thought have you ever been to Russia Nick.....  rubschin:
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