Britain's worst nuclear accident
A reactor caught fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in the north of England in 1957
Witness History · BBC World Service
October 17, 20199m 0s
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Show Notes
Things started to go wrong at the Windscale nuclear plant in October 1957. A reactor was overheating and workers were rushed in to help. In 2011 Chris Vallance spoke to Vic Goodwin and John Harris, two of the men who helped bring things under control during Britain's worst nuclear accident.
Photo: the Windscale nuclear plant. Credit: Getty Images.