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Jacques DUCO: Engineer from École Centrale de Paris - Former deputy head of the Environmental Protection and Facilities Department at the Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IPSN), Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA)
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The Windscale No. 1 plutonium pile accident occurred on October 10, 1957. This article describes how the accident unfolded, after outlining the military context that prompted the production of plutonium. It then describes the measures taken to protect the population, the radionuclides released into the atmosphere and the health studies carried out over a long observation period.
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- (1) - Accident at Windscale No 1 Pile on 10 th Octo- ber, 1957 : - — Rapport de synthèse de la commission d'enquête présenté au Parlement par le Premier ministre, nov. 1957 ; — UKAEA Committee of Inquiry into the Windscale Accident, oct. 1957. Rapport technique complet, déclassifié en janv. 1988....
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