ウィンドスケール1957：原発事故の解剖学（第３版） Windscale 1957 : Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident （3TH）

Arnold, Lorna

Palgrave Macmillan（2007/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 236 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230573178
• DDC分類 363.1799094278

基本説明

This book describes the world's first major nuclear accident and what followed, and considers its causes, effects and political importance.

Full Description

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.

Contents

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