Cold War: Scotland

Sarah Harper

Sarah Harper is an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership student with the University of Stirling and the National Museum of Scotland examining how the Cold War has been materialised in Scotland.
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Chapelcross Almost Chernobyl? – Chapelcross Fire 1967

October 24, 2019Nuclear

On the 11th May 1967, Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station teetered on the edge of nuclear disaster. An operator on No.2 Reactor had discovered an unusual amount of radio-activity in the carbon dioxide gas (CO2) which circulated continuously between the pressure vessels and the heat exchangers.

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Atomic Annan- Establishing Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station

October 24, 2019Nuclear

Once simply a farm near the Royal Burgh of Annan, Chapelcross became the name synonymous with introducing nuclear power to Scotland.

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The Solway Military Coast

October 23, 2019Books

Based on oral history accounts and comprehensive research, this book charts the military history of the Solway area post World War One.

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