The Mayak Nuclear Disaster
A nuclear disaster, America's worst prison riot, World War Two internment and apartheid
The History Hour · BBC World Service
September 30, 201650m 17s
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Show Notes
One of the world's worst nuclear disasters, the most notorious prison riot in America, Second World War internment in Australia, resistance in apartheid South Africa, and one of Britain's most celebrated artists, Stanley Spencer, through the eyes of his daughters.
Photo: The Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant in 2010. Credit: European Pressphoto Agency