Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Nuclear Energy Department: Registered Files (MN...

This series contain records covering the work of the Nuclear Energy Department within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It covers records documenting international nuclear energy policy - including, uranium enrichment and procurement, reprocessing, safeguards and nuclear exports.

There are also reports from major international incidents such as Chernobyl in 1986.

The files are arranged by prefix and sub-prefixes: Nuclear Energy General (MN), Australasia (MNA), Middle East (MND), Europe (MNE), Africa (MNF), America (MNM), Policy (MNP) and Asia (MNS).

from 2015 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Topics

International

Trade and commerce

Nuclear energy

Oil and gas

The Nuclear Energy Department (within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) was created in 1982 when relevant areas separated from the Energy Department FCO. Leading on International Energy Policy (including, uranium enrichment and procurement, reprocessing, safeguards and nuclear exports) the department worked with organisations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency and The European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The department closed in 1988 when the work of NED was absorbed into the Science Energy and Nuclear Department.