title: District surveys following the Windscale incident, October 1957. 1958.
abstract: During 10-11 October 1957 a fire in the core of a nuclear reactor at Windscale Works, Sellafield (in the current county of Cumbria, England) led to a significant release of radioactive material to atmosphere. The accident at Windscale No. 1 Pile required a large-scale environmental monitoring programme to be conducted and the results of this survey led to a restriction on the distribution of milk from an area adjacent to Windscale Works for a period of several weeks. This monitoring programme was described in detail by H J Dunster and his colleagues from the Industrial Group of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (which operated Windscale Works in 1957) in a paper presented to the Second United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, held in Geneva during 1-13 September 1958. The paper, from the proceedings of this conference, is reproduced here.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Dunster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Howells
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Templeton
mesh_terms: D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000517:prevention & control; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry; D009688:Nuclear Reactors / Q000266:history*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes