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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: On October 10, 1957, technicians at the Windscale reactor complex discovered a fire raging in the heart of one of its reactors. The fire released ...

Katelyn has been a journalist for nearly 15 years, with focuses on science and technology, law, politics, and now the games industry. She's particularly proud of her work interviewing developers of ...

It was Britain's worst nuclear disaster, but it is likely you have never heard of it. Unlike Chernobyl in Ukraine, or Fukishima in Japan, Windscale in Cumbria is not vivid in the public imagination.

The Windscale fire of October 10, 1957 marked the worst nuclear accident in the history of Britain. The incident at the plant, which is now called Sellafield, happened when the core of one of the ...

A gaming journalism veteran of ten-plus years and four-time IGF judge, largely attracted to indie games, new IPs, and in general, what could very well be the gaming world's next surprise hit. Divorced ...

Anti nuclear campaigners are preparing to mark the 50th anniversary of the Windscale fire this week. The accident on what is now known as Sellafield was one of the worst in the history of the nuclear ...

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 mistakes ...

Serhii Plokhy writes about Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and other disasters, and about the common impulse among governments “to hide information and, later, to spin or distort it.” By Jennifer Szalai ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Before Fukushima, Chernobyl, or Three Mile Island, there was the Windscale fire—the worst nuclear disaster in British history. And its origins ...