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Catalogue reference: Division within EG
Division within EG
Records of the Atomic Energy division, established in the Department of Energy in 1974, include records germane to policy making and to the administration of the division and of its predecessors.To reflect continuity of function, the Department...
Records of the Atomic Energy division, established in the Department of Energy in 1974, include records germane to policy making and to the administration of the division and of its predecessors.
To reflect continuity of function, the Department of Energy selected files from those it inherited as from 1946.
Records include minutes and papers of the Atomic Energy Board in EG 1, and registered files of the Atomic Energy Division of the Department of Energy and its predecessors, in EG 6, EG 7, EG 8, EG 9 and EG 12
Other records of the Atomic Energy Division are in
For records of the UK Atomic Energy Authority see AB
In 1940, a UK Atomic Energy Project was set up under the auspices of the Air Ministry. Administrative charge of the Project passed to the Lord President of the Council and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1941. By the Atomic Energy Act 1946, responsibility for atomic energy matters was transferred to the Ministry of Supply. Since that date the functions have been carried out by various organisations: 1954 - Research and development matters undertaken by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA); policy matters taken over by the Lord President of the Council (Atomic Energy Office).UKAEA still holds the research and development functions; responsibilities for policy continued to change:-1957 - Under direct responsibility of the Prime Minister1959 - Under the Office of the Minister for Science1964 - Under the Department of Education and Science1965 - Under the Ministry of Technology1970 - Under the Department of Trade and Industry1973 - Under the Department of Energy
The functions of the Atomic Energy Division included general responsibility for UK aspects of atomic energy and relations with the UKAEA, as well as international aspects of atomic energy, including UK representation on the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) and the European Nuclear Energy Authority (ENEA).
Areas of interest of the Division in the 1980s included the British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), centrifuge enrichment project and policy; uranium procurement policy; Department of Energy aspects of the Nuclear Installations Act, 1965; and relations with the Health and Safety Executive.
Records created or inherited by the Department of Energy
Records of the Atomic Energy Division
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