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Title: Windscale: A nuclear disaster
Post by: Barman 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.

Quote from: BBC News Web Site
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.

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7030281.stm)
Nick, where were you that night?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Windscale: A nuclear disaster
Post by: GROWLER 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.

Quote from: BBC News Web Site
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.

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7030281.stm)
Nick, where were you that night?  rubschin:


Aged 3?  rubschin:


Yea. Windscale problee. ::)
Title: Re: Windscale: A nuclear disaster
Post by: Barman 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.

Quote from: BBC News Web Site
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.

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7030281.stm)
Nick, where were you that night?  rubschin:


Aged 3?  rubschin:


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


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