The Windscale Fire Disaster...

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Date

10/10/1957

Culprit

British Government

Location

Sellafield, Cumbria, Great Britain

Site

Windscale Pile 2

Cause

Fire

Motive

Accidental

Related Deaths

240

Disaster Amount

10 tons of melted radioactive fuel

International Nuclear Event Scale

5 - Accident with wider consequences