District Surveys following the Windscale Incident, October 1957
Abstract
During 10-11 October 1957 a fire in the core of a nuclear reactor at Windscale Works, Sellafield (in the current county of Cumbria, England) led to a significant release of radioactive material to atmosphere. The accident at Windscale No. 1 Pile required a large-scale environmental monitoring programme to be conducted and the results of this survey led to a restriction on the distribution of milk from an area adjacent to Windscale Works for a period of several weeks. This monitoring programme was described in detail by H J Dunster and his colleagues from the Industrial Group of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (which operated Windscale Works in 1957) in a paper presented to the Second United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, held in Geneva during 1-13 September 1958. The paper, from the proceedings of this conference, is reproduced here.
The original reference of this paper is: Dunster H J, Howells H and Templeton W L 1958 District surveys following the Windscale incident, October 1957 Proceedings of the Second United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (Geneva, 1 September-13 September 1958). Volume 18: Waste Treatment and Environmental Aspects of Atomic Energy (Geneva: United Nations) pp 296-308 The paper is reproduced with the kind assistance of the United Nations, and of Mrs Rose Dunster, the widow of Mr H John Dunster.- Publication:
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Journal of Radiological Protection
- Pub Date:
- September 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0952-4746/27/3/001
- Bibcode:
- 2007JRP....27..217D