The graphite components of the Windscale Piles, and the low temperatures at which they were operated, caused a build-up of something called Wigner energy, which could cause a fire in the reactor if it ...

Atomfall picks up five years after the historic Windscale fire that took place on October 10th, 1957. This real-life event was the worst nuclear accident in the United Kingdoms history.

Let me tell you a little story, which I’ve always found instructive. During the building of Sellafield, an engineer called Terence Price raised a question about what would happen if a fuel ...

In October 1957, one of the Windscale nuclear reactors caught fire. It was the world's first nuclear accident, attributed to the rush to build atomic weapons. This programme highlights the ...