Archive for October 8th, 2007

New Estimates Show 1957 Windscale Nuclear Accident in UK Was Twice as Bad as Previously Believed

Monday, October 8th, 2007

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A study by John Garland, formerly of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, and Richard Wakeford, a visiting professor at the University of Manchester, suggest that the radiation released by the 1957 fire in the graphite core of the Windscale reactor was about twice as much as previous estimates. The article posted by the BBC says that the increased contamination would cause the projected estimated cancer deaths from the accident to grow from 200 to 240.

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Monday Accident & Lessons Learned: Marine Accident Investigations in the UK

Monday, October 8th, 2007

How many accidents are being investigated by the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch? See the list at:

http://www.maib.gov.uk/latest_news/current_investigations.cfm

To see the completed preliminary investigations from 2007, see:

http://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/comlpleted_preliminary_examinations/completed_preliminary_examinations_2007.cfm

And to see the Annual Recommendation Reports, Accident Flyers, and Investigation Reports, see:

http://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/recommendations_reports.cfm

http://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/accident_flyers.cfm

http://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports.cfm

If you are in the marine industry, there’s lots to learn and discuss at safety meeting. If you are not in the marine industry, there are still general lessons learned that might make an interesting safety meeting.

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