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Windscale: accidental withdrawal of an irradiated Calder fuel element into an operating...

Catalogue reference: AB 8/983

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This record is about the Windscale: accidental withdrawal of an irradiated Calder fuel element into an operating... dating from 1959 in the series United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and predecessors: Northern Groups: Correspondence.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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AB 8/983
Date
1959
Description

Windscale: accidental withdrawal of an irradiated Calder fuel element into an operating area of the Windscale pond 27 August 1959; report and notes

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Nuclear energy
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3449594/

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AB 8

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and predecessors: Northern Groups: Correspondence...

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