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 was the leading participant in efforts to put out the fire which was emitting radioactive contamination into the air , and so played a key role in minimising Britain 's worst nuclear disaster
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Windscale fire
Tom Tuohy