Tom Tuohy

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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.[1][2]

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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  1. ^ Thomas Tuohy: Windscale manager who doused the flames of the 1957 fire
  2. ^ Tom Tuohy

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