Windscale Fire - First Public Nuclear Disaster

Overview

On October 10th, 1957, a nuclear reactor fire broke out at Windscale in the UK becoming the first nuclear disaster to directly impact the public. Long before Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the Chernobyl disaster, This [HALF-LIFE HISTORY] is the true story of the Windscale nuclear fire, the attempted government cover-up and the legacy it created.