A revised transcript of the proceedings of the board of enquiry into the fire at Windscale Pile No. 1, October 1957. (UKAEA 1989)

Source: UKAEA

This declassified document was issued by the UKAEA in 1989 and is of great historical interest for any into in nuclear history. The transcript details the enquiry headed by Sir William Penny from 17-25 October 1957. Lots of good technical detail but still very readable.

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Atoms are very special: they like certain particular partners, certain particular directions, and so on. It is the job of physics to analyze why each one wants what it wants.

– Richard P. Feynman -