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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Successors: Anglo-American visit reports...
Catalogue reference: ES 16
What's it about?
ES 16
This series contains visit reports and other material related to Anglo-American nuclear collaboration and exchange visits undertaken within the terms of the 1958 Agreement for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence Purposes....
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 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Successors: Anglo-American visit reports and related material (AVIS, VISAM and JOWOG series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1958-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains visit reports and other material related to Anglo-American nuclear collaboration and exchange visits undertaken within the terms of the 1958 Agreement for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence Purposes. The series illuminates significant aspects of Anglo-American scientific nuclear exchanges. It contains three main report types: AVIS (American Visits); VISAM (Visits by Americans); and JOWOG (Joint Working Groups).
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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)
- AVIS, VISAM, JOWOG
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 1954-1973
- Ministry of Defence, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 1973-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 102 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 2009 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16089/
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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Successors: Anglo-American visit reports and related material (AVIS, VISAM and JOWOG series)
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