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Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster

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Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster

2007· 1h 28m

Documentary

Directed by Sarah Aspinall

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Overview

Film revealing how political ambition fuelled the Windscale fire of 1957 and then dictated that the heroes of Windscale be made the scapegoats.

Cast

Caroline Catz

Caroline Catz

Self - Narrator (voice)

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