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Windscale fire

The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in the United Kingdom's history, ranked in severity at level 5 out of 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The fire was in Unit 1 of the two-pile Windscale site (now Sellafield) on the north-west coast of England in Cumberland. The two graphite-moderated reactors, referred to at…

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Location
Windscale, Seascale, Cumbria, England (now Sellafield)
Date
10 October 1957
Deaths
Estimated 100 cancer fatalities in the long term, epidemiological studies indicate that the actual cancer toll is lower than estimated
Injuries
Estimated 90 additional cases of non-fatal cancer
Outcome
INES Level 5 (accident with wider consequences)

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Tritium production

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Irish sea contamination

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related to Comparison with other accidents · 6
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Date · 1
Windscale fire → 10 October 1957
Deaths · 1
Windscale fire → Estimated 100 cancer fatalities in the long term, epidemiological studies indicate that the actual cancer toll is lower than estimated
Injuries · 1
Windscale fire → Estimated 90 additional cases of non-fatal cancer
Outcome · 1
Windscale fire → INES Level 5 (accident with wider consequences)

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Windscale fireDate10 October 19571.00infobox
Windscale fireDeathsEstimated 100 cancer fatalities in the long term, epidemiological studies indicate that the actual cancer toll is lower than estimated1.00infobox
Windscale fireInjuriesEstimated 90 additional cases of non-fatal cancer1.00infobox
Windscale fireLocationWindscale, Seascale, Cumbria, England (now Sellafield)1.00infobox
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Windscale fireOutcomeINES Level 5 (accident with wider consequences)1.00infobox
Windscale firerelated to Comparison with other accidentsThe0.60section
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Windscale firerelated to Comparison with other accidentsChernobyl0.60section
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