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Windscale

/ ˈɪԻˌɪ /

noun

  1. the former name of Sellafield
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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CEO Jason Kingsley tells BBC Newsbeat he was walking in the Lake District when the idea of using the real-life Windscale story "as a trigger point for a fictionalised version of the disaster" began to take shape.

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Windscale was eventually renamed Sellafield and produced nuclear power until 2003.

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Although the Windscale fire was "very serious", Jason says it's not something that is especially well-remembered, even among locals.

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Oliver says he's glad the game has taken its inspiration from Windscale and is drawing attention to the area, as well as switching locals on to their history.

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But fewer are aware of the Windscale fire.

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