> > In 1955 Snailbeach mine were approached as possible suppliers of
> > barium cement, can anyone give me any information on this substance
> > and its uses.
>
> Barytes from Snailbeach Mine was shipped to the nuclear power
> station at Windscale when it had its little "accident".
> Presumably it was used to cover teh fissionable material in
> form of cement.
Surely that was in 1957.
Alan Rhodes
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