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World Service,13 Apr 2011,10 mins

Windscale - Britain's worst nuclear accident

Witness History

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In 1957 a nuclear reactor in the north of England caught fire. When things started to go wrong at the Windscale nuclear plant, workers rushed in to help. Witness hears from two men who helped bring things under control during Britain's worst nuclear accident.

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