Bencana Windscale

Bencana Windscale pada 10 Oktober 1957 adalah bencana nuklir terburuk dalam sejarah Britania Raya. Bencana tersebut terjadi di Unit 1 dari fasilitas Windscale dua cerobong di Cumberland (sekarang Sellafield, Cumbria).

Bencana Windscale

Cerobong-cerobong Windscale (tengah dan kanan) pada 1985
Tanggal	10 Oktober 1957
Lokasi	Windscale, Seascale, Cumbria (sekarang Sellafield)
Koordinat	54°25′27″N 3°29′54″W / 54.4243°N 3.4982°W / 54.4243; -3.4982Koordinat: 54°25′27″N 3°29′54″W / 54.4243°N 3.4982°W / 54.4243; -3.4982

Catatan

1. Richard Black (18 March 2011). "Fukushima - disaster or distraction?". BBC. Diakses tanggal 7 April 2011. 
2. Wakeford, Richard (2007). "Editorial". J. Radiol. Prot. 27 (3): 211–215. Bibcode:2007JRP....27..211W. doi:10.1088/0952-4746/27/3/e02. PMID 17768324. 

Referensi

• Arnold, Lorna (2007). Windscale, 1957: Anatomy of a Nuclear Accident. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0230-57317-8. OCLC 471012298. 
• Baylis, John; Stoddart, Kristan (2015). The British Nuclear Experience: The Roles of Beliefs, Culture and Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-870202-3. OCLC 900506637. 
• Cathcart, Brian (1995). Test of Greatness: Britain's Struggle for the Atom Bomb. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-5225-0. OCLC 31241690. 
• Goldberg, Alfred (July 1964). "The Atomic Origins of the British Nuclear Deterrent". International Affairs. 40 (3): 409–429. doi:10.2307/2610825. JSTOR 2610825. 
• Gowing, Margaret (1964). Britain and Atomic Energy 1939–1945. London: Macmillan. OCLC 3195209. 
• Gowing, Margaret; Arnold, Lorna (1974a). Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945–1952, Volume 1, Policy Making. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-15781-7. OCLC 611555258. 
• Gowing, Margaret; Arnold, Lorna (1974b). Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945–1952, Volume 2, Policy and Execution. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-16695-6. OCLC 946341039. 
• Penney, William; Schonland, Basil F. J.; Kay, J. M.; Diamond, Jack; Peirson, David E. H. (2017). "Report on the accident at Windscale No. 1 Pile on 10 October 1957". Journal of Radiological Protection. 37: 780–796. doi:10.1088/1361-6498/aa7788ef (tidak aktif 2018-09-08). 
• Wakeford, R. (2007). "The Windscale reactor accident--50 years on" (PDF). Journal of Radiological Protection. 27 (3): 211–215. Bibcode:2007JRP....27..211W. doi:10.1088/0952-4746/27/3/e02. PMID 17768324. 
• Wynn, Humphrey (1997). RAF Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Forces, Their Origins, Roles and Deployment, 1946–1969. A Documentary History. London: The Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0-11-772833-2. 

Bacaan tambahan

• http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0952-4746/page/Focus_on_Kyshtym_and_Windscale
• "Windscale fallout blew right across Europe", Rob Edwards. New Scientist, 6 October 2007.
• "Chernobyl: worst but not first", Walter C. Patterson. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August/September 1986.
• 'Secrets of the Windscale fire revealed', F. Pearce. New Scientist vol 99 29 September 1983 p. 911
• 'Windscale; increased cancer incidence alleged', T. Beardsley. Nature vol 306 Issue 5938 Nov 3 1983 p. 5
• "Accident at Windscale: World's First Atomic Alarm", Hartley Howe. Popular Science, October 1958, Vol. 173, No. 4.
• "An Assessment of the Radiological Impact of the Windscale Reactor Fire", M.J. Crick, G.S. Linsley. NRPB Reports, Oct. 1957, Nov. 1982.
• An airborne radiometric survey of the Windscale area, October 19–22nd, 1957 . A.E.R.E. reports, no. R2890. (Atomic Energy Research Establishment).
• The deposition of strontium 89 and strontium 90 on agricultural land and their entry into milk after the reactor accident at Windscale in October, 1957 . A.H.S.B. (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority).
• 'Accident at Windscale' British Medical Journal 16 Nov 1957;2 (5054) pp 1166-8.

Pranala luar

• . Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 25 March 2014. 
• "The 1957 Windscale Fire". lakestay.co.uk. 5 July 2009. 
• . The Virtual Nuclear Tourist. 2005-12-22. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-02-04. Diakses tanggal 2019-04-14. 
• "1957: Inquiry publishes cause of nuclear fire". BBC. 8 November 1957. 
• Marsden, B.J.; Preston, S.D.; Wickham, A.J. (AEA Technology plc, Warrington (United Kingdom)); Tyson, A. (Process and Radwaste Chemistry Dept., AEA TEchnology plc, Windscale (United Kingdom)) (8–10 September 1997). "Evaluation of graphite safety issues for the British production piles at Windscale" (PDF). IAEA. Pemeliharaan CS1: Banyak nama: authors list (link)
• Paul Dodgson (8–9 October 2007). "Radio Plays - Energy Industry:WINDSCALE....2007". suttonelms.org.uk.