Worst Nuclear Disaster In History. History s worst nuclear disasters. Log in for more information.
As experts scramble to stem the mounting crisis in japan we take a look at four of the most devastating nuclear accidents to date. The worst nuclear disaster in history occurred in the soviet union at chernobyl nuclear power station. The worst nuclear disaster in the history of the united kingdom took place on october 10 1957.
The worst nuclear disaster in history occurred in the soviet union at chernobyl nuclear power station.
Log in for more information. Britain s first nuclear reactor windscale was built in the late 1940s. 30 years later the facility sparked the worst nuclear disaster in british history when the reactor s uranium filled graphite core caught alight. The radiation contained idoine 131 an isotope known to cause thyroid cancer.
