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Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster was broadcast on Monday, 8 October, 2007, at 2100 BST on BBC Two.
BBC: Windscale piles (NDA)
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Macmillan issued a report that said the accident had been caused by "an error of judgement" by the Windscale workers.
BBC: Windscale piles (NDA)
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After a serious fire at the Windscale atomic works in 1957, in which massive amounts of radioactive energy were released, the Cumbria site was rebranded Sellafield.
BBC: Renaming: Sleight of brand?