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The Atomic inferno [videorecording].

The Atomic inferno [videorecording].

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvNzWWxjE3

The Atomic inferno [videorecording].

About this item

Full title

The Atomic inferno [videorecording].

Publisher

[England] : BBC, 1999.

Alternative title

Windscale fire.

Date

1999.

Call Numbers

VB11602

Record Identifier

74VvNzWWxjE3

MMS ID

991012906549702626

Language

English

Physical Description

Physical content

1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Contents

Produced by Hal Vogel ; directed by Bryn Higgin ; Mike Flood Page exec. prod. BBC.

Publication information

Publisher

[England] : BBC, 1999.

Performers

Narrator: John Nettles.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1999.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

This video examines the nuclear accident at Windscale in England in 1952 caused by the rush to develop plutonium and risks taken to hasten the development. No emergency or evacuation procedures had been developed and their variations in the nuclear reactor made it very difficult to extinguish the fire.

Alternative Titles

Full title

The Atomic inferno [videorecording].

Caption title

Disaster.

Notes

General note

Disaster ; series 3.

At head of title: BBC Education & Training.

Colour recording system PAL.

Distributed by BBC Worldwide.

"A Stone City Production for the BBC."

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

VB11602

Record Identifier

74VvNzWWxjE3

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvNzWWxjE3

Other Identifiers

MMS ID

991012906549702626

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