Tom Tuohy

Tom Tuohy

Thomas Tuohy CBE (7 November 1917- 12 March 2008), was deputy to the general manager at the Windscale nuclear facility when a major fire erupted on 10 October 1957. He put out the fire as it began to spew radioactive contamination into the air, and so played a key role in cleaning up Britain's worst nuclear disaster. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/thomas-tuohy-windscale-manager-who-doused-the-flames-of-the-1957-fire-800546.html Thomas Tuohy: Windscale manager who doused the flames of the 1957 fire] ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1582801/Tom-Tuohy.html Tom Tuohy] ]

Tuohy was born in Wallsend and educated at St Cuthbert's grammar school, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Reading University.

During World War II he worked for the Royal Ordnance as a chemist, and in 1946 joined the nuclear industry, becoming deputy general manager of Windscale in 1957.

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External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1122783/ Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster (2007) (TV)]


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