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Series
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Nuclear Research (NR) Reports
Catalogue reference: ES 6
What's it about?
ES 6
This series consists of reports produced by the Warhead Physics Department and successors and covers experimental nuclear research undertaken by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Nuclear Research (NR) Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1958-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of reports produced by the Warhead Physics Department and successors and covers experimental nuclear research undertaken by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Initiated in 1957, reports in the NR Series were identified by a letter (designating the subject) followed by a serial number. There are four types of report: NR/A (criticality of nuclear assemblies); NR/C (radiochemistry); NR/D (nuclear devices); and NR/P (nuclear physics). From 1963 until 1966 (when the series was discontinued) reports were issued serially within each year.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- NR report series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 85 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Atomic Weapons Establishment
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The full set of reports has been preserved; where report numbers are not present in the numerical sequence, it is because these numbers were not used.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14916/
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Within the department: ES
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