Britain’s Chernobyl: The Windscale Nuclear Disaster | Windscale 1957 | Spark

After man harnessed the power of nuclear energy at the end of WW2, the world’s richest countries began to start their own nuclear programs. Britain was one of these countries, building the Windscale nuclear power plant. This would soon spell disaster and the site would be the location of the world’s first nuclear disaster. --- Subscribe to Spark for more amazing science, tech & engineering videos: 🚀 Join the Spark Channel Membership to get access to perks: Find us on: Facebook: Instagram: Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@ #Spark