Timeline Thursday 10 October 1957

Thursday 10 October 1957

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Events on Thursday 10 October 1957 1

1957 Windscale fire Worst nuclear accident in British history to that point A fire broke out in the core of the Windscale Pile 1 nuclear reactor in Cumbria, England, releasing radioactive contamination across parts of the United Kingdom and Europe. It remains the worst nuclear accident in British history.