Eve of Destruction by John Hughes-Wilson

Author:John Hughes-Wilson [Hughes-Wilson, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781789463385
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

• The cause was human error.

• Technicians mistakenly overheated Windscale Pile No. 1.

• Poorly placed temperature sensors indicated the reactor was cooling rather than heating.

• The excess heat led to the failure of a nuclear cartridge, which in turn allowed uranium and irradiated graphite to react with air.

• The resulting fire burned for days, damaging a significant portion of the reactor core.

• About 150 burning fuel cells could not be lifted from the core, but operators succeeded in creating a firebreak by removing nearby fuel cells.

• An effort to cool the graphite core with water eventually quenched the fire.

• The reactor had released some radioactive gases into the surrounding countryside, primarily in the form of iodine-131.

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