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Britain's worst nuclear accident
Things began to go badly wrong at the Windscale nuclear plant in the north of England in October 1957.
Things started to go wrong at the Windscale nuclear plant in October 1957. A reactor was overheating and workers were rushed in to help. In 2011 Chris Vallance spoke to Vic Goodwin and John Harris, two of the men who helped bring things under control during Britain's worst nuclear accident.
Photo: the Windscale nuclear plant. Credit: Getty Images.
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