Weatherday: Contamination!
A bright start, some cloud later, a few light showers possible over lunch.
Moderate breezes from the west. Highest temperature 10deg.
On this day in 1957 a fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria is the world's first nuclear accident, releasing radioactive material across the UK, Ireland and much of the rest of Europe.
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