{"id":15566,"date":"2019-04-16T01:32:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T00:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=15566"},"modified":"2020-10-29T00:18:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T00:18:21","slug":"britains-nuclear-secrets-inside-sellafield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=15566","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Calder Hall<\/a>, the world’s first full-scale atomic power station, is here shown nearing completion.
In the background are the chimneys and works of the plutonium factory of Windscale<\/a> (now Sellafield). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lying on the remote north west coast of England is one of the most secret places in the country – Sellafield<\/a>, the most controversial nuclear facility in Britain. Now, Sellafield are letting nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili<\/a> and the television cameras in to discover the real story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside, Jim encounters some of the most dangerous substances on earth, reveals the nature of radiation and even attempts to split the atom. He sees inside a nuclear reactor, glimpses one of the rarest elements in the world – radioactive plutonium – and even subjects living tissue to deadly radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili performs a radioactivity experiment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, the film reveals Britain’s attempts – past, present and future – to harness the almost limitless power of the atom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n