Talk:Windscale Piles

A fact from Windscale Piles appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 September 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that while the filters added to the chimneys of the Windscale Piles (pictured) were mocked as "Cockcroft's Follies", they prevented what might have been a disastrous radioactive accident?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2018/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Windscale Piles.

Wikipedia

United Kingdom Low‑importance

	United Kingdom portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Military history: Technology / British / European

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military science, technology, and theory task force
	British military history task force
	European military history task force

Merge

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

or could redirect to Windscale_fire#Windscale_Piles - need to merge into one. - Rod57 (talk) 18:36, 20 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

Error?

Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Under 'Construction; Fuel' it is stated that 700 ft of Chimney No. 1 had already been built before filters were deemed necessary. However, the chimneys were only 410 ft tall. Could the first figure be corrected please? PhilUK (talk) 17:16, 19 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

Resolved

– Corrected typo. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:19, 19 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

Add topic