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At the time when Robinson wrote this book, the largest known source of radioactive contamination of the worlds environment was a government-owned nuclear plant called Sellafield, not far from Wordsworths cottage in the Lakes District; one child in sixty was dying from leukemia in the village closest to the plant. The central question of this eloquently impassioned book is: How can a country that we persist in calling a welfare state consciously risk the lives of its people for profit. Mother Country.

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Table of Contents Housekeeping 1980 700m nuclear deal with Japan near - photo 1
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Housekeeping (1980)
700m nuclear deal with Japan near signing, Pearce Wright, The (London) Times , October 23, 1976, p. 4.

Fear that nuclear power plans could threaten freedom, Pearce Wright, The (London) Times , October 28, 1976, p. 4.

Fears about effect of nuclear power plans, The (London) Times , October 28, 1976, p. 14.

The Plutonium Problems, editorial, The (London) Times , October 28, 1976, p. 17.

Mr. Benn rules out need for quick decision over fast nuclear reactor programme, The (London) Times , December 14, 1976, p. 4.

France bans sale of atom fuel plants, The (London) Times , December 17, 1976, p. 5.

Government survey of nuclear waste needs, Pearce Wright, The (London) Times , December 17, 1976, p. 2.

Windscale to check deaths records, Michael Morris, The Guardian, July 14, 1977, p. 5.

Nuclear Fuels answers storage query, Malcolm Pithers, The Guardian , July 15, 1977, p. 3.

Tip of A-waste iceberg, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian , July 26, 1977, p. 2.

Terrorist peril in nuclear waste, The Guardian , July 27, 1977, p. 3.

Another tough customer for British reactors, New Statesman , March 18, 1983, p. 5.

A new kind of nuclear victim, Rob Edwards, New Statesman , July 22, 1983, p. 8.

Wasting the ocean, Rob Edwards, New Statesman , July 22, 1983, p. 6.

Angry Whitehall stays silent on nuclear waste dumping plans, Paul Brown, The Guardian , September 2, 1983, p. 22.

Awkward questions about nuclear waste dumping, Rob Edwards, New Statesman , September 2, 1983, p. 4.

Coroner halts weapons scientists cremation, The Guardian , September 2, 1983, p. 3.

The monster that wont lie down, Duncan Campbell, New Statesman , September 2, 1983, pp. 89.

5m research on ways to curb pollution by acid rain: Study could give ammunition to nuclear power lobby, Andrew Moncur, The Guardian , p. 2.

Slater fears nuclear waste may be dumped on sea bed in submarine, The Guardian , September 10, 1983, p. 2.

Nuclear waste sea dumping plans revived, Paul Brown and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian , September 14, 1983, p. 1.

New law on dumping may be needed, Paul Brown, The Guardian, September 15, 1983, p. 28.

Peril in the deep, editorial, The Guardian, September 15, 1983, p. 28.

Letter, Jean Emery, The Guardian, September 21, 1983, p. 10.

Leukemia study finds cluster of cases near Sizewell nuclear power station, Roger Milne, The Guardian, September 28, 1983, p. 2.

New waste dumps, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian , September 28, 1983, p. 3.

New Windscale report hints at 33 deaths, Anthony Tucker, The Guardian, September 28, 1983, p. 3.

Nuclear waste sent back after union ban, Penny Chorlton, The Guardian , September 28, 1983, p. 3.

The dirtiest nation on Earth, James Erlichman, The Guardian , October 3, 1983, p. 14.

Ministry denies plans to dump plutonium at sea, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian , October 3, 1983, p. 14.

The first chair on the sea bed, editorial, The (London) Times , October 6, 1983, p. 17.

Nuclear waste discharges into sea to be reduced, David Fairhall and Frank Scimone, The Guardian , October 6, 1983, p. 2.

Nuclear firm told to stop discharge into sea, Frank Scimone, The Guardian , October 8, 1983, p. 2.

Nuclear industry policy, letter, Professor Ian Fells, The (London) Times, October 11, 1983, p. 13.

Sellafield cuts plutonium discharges, New Scientist, October 13, 1983, p. 73.

Sizewell leukemia inquiry, Anthony Tucker, The Guardian , October 21, 1983, p. 2.

Nuclear accident victims 19 year agony after the big blow-out, Ted Harrison and Geoffrey Lean, The Observer , October 23, 1983, p. 3.

Nuclear dumps safety guidelines ignore cocktail factor, Anthony Tucker, The Guardian , October 27, 1983, p. 2.

Sea dumping plan intact, John Gapper, The Guardian , October 28, 1983, p. 8.

Children near Windscale have high cancer levels, Geoffrey Lean, The Observer , October 30, 1983, p. 1.

Windscale leukemia link denied: Plutonium found in house dust brings fear on radiation levels, Anthony Tucker, The Guardian , October 31, 1983, p. 24.

BNF attacks one-sided cancer film publicity, David Pallister, The Guardian , November 1, 1983, p. 3.

Inquiry starts into cases of leukemia near nuclear power stations, Pearce Wright, The (London) Times , November 1, 1983, p. 2.

Fuelling nuclear fears, editorial, The (London) Times , November 2, 1983, p. 15.

Windscales dirty linen, television review, Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian , November 2, 1983, p. 9.

Inquiry into Windscale cancer rate, Pearce Wright, The (London) Times , November 3, 1983, p. 2.

Nuclear cancer link for inquiry, Julian Langdon, The Guardian , November 3, 1983, p. 1.

Radiation fears soothed, The Guardian , November 3, 1983, p. 23.

Dangers and defenses in Sellafield plants emissions, then-BNF chairman Con Allday, The (London) Times , November 4, 1983, p. 13.

Windscale dilemma: Is radiation ever safe? Robin McKie, The Observer , November 6, 1983, p. 2.

Nuclear shipper and wife found dead, Michael Morris, The Guardian , November 9, 1983, p. 3.

Radioactive waste put on council tip, Mark Rosselli, The (London) Times , November 11, 1983, p. 2.

Unions may link to halt transport of nuclear waste, Robin McKie, The Observer, November 13, 1983, p. 2.

Seascale warning led to sack for scientist, The Guardian , November 14, 1983, p. 1.

Windscale panel to investigate a hundred deaths, The (London) Times , November 14, 1983, p. 1.

Nuclear protest charges, The Guardian , November 15, 1983, p. 3.

Divers near Windscale pipe contaminated, Paul Brown, The Guardian , November 17, 1983, p. 2.

Leukemia cannot be blamed on Windscale, The Guardian , November 17, 1983, p. 2.

Windscale: British Nuclear Foul-up Limited, James Cutler, New Statesman , November 18, 1983, p. 8.

Windscale crackdown on way, Geoffrey Lean, The Observer , November 20, 1983, p. 1.

Government Sellafield fears, David Nicholson-Lord, The (London) Times , November 21, 1983, p. 1.

Windscale leak is bigger than admitted, David Pallister, The Guardian , November 21, 1983, p. 1.

Untitled essay, Tony Benn, The Guardian , November 21, 1983, p. 15.

Inquiry into radioactive leak, The (London) Times , November 22, 1983, p. 4.

N-quiz for minister, The Guardian , November 22, 1983, p. 25.
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