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Series
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Successors: Committee Documents
Catalogue reference: ES 15
What's it about?
ES 15
This series contains the minutes, papers and correspondence of major Atomic Weapons Research Establishment committees. It includes all the major policy-making bodies including the AWE Board and Directors Advisory Committee. Subjects covered...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Successors: Committee Documents
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1952-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the minutes, papers and correspondence of major Atomic Weapons Research Establishment committees. It includes all the major policy-making bodies including the AWE Board and Directors Advisory Committee. Subjects covered include nuclear weapons policy, health and safety and warhead design. Many pieces contain indexes.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Alphabetically by committee and chronologically within each committee.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- 412 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2004 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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran from 1945 to 1999
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- These records relate to the following acquisition criteria: 2.2.1.3 External relations and defence policy; 2.2.2.2 Impact of the state on the physical environment. The majority of records in this series have been selected based on the selection decisions contained in OSP 11.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15741/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
12,694 records
Within the department: ES
Records of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, predecessors and successors
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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Successors: Committee Documents
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