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Nuclear power has nothing to do with that incident. Windscale (Sellafield) facility was a military plant, it's raison d'etre was Plutonium production for UK nuc
by zyztem 12y ago
Nuclear power has nothing to do with that incident.
Windscale (Sellafield) facility was a military plant, it's raison d'etre was Plutonium production for UK nuclear weapons.
- duskwuff 12y agoAlso, the Windscale accident was in 1957. That was extremely early in terms of nuclear anything (power or otherwise); the risks simply weren't all known yet!