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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and successors: Foulness outstation, reports
Catalogue reference: ES 17
What's it about?
ES 17
This series contains the research and laboratory reports produced by the AWRE Foulness. The subject material covers military and civil projects, such as the strengths of Atomic Reactors containment vessels, and large civil engineering projects,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ES 17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and successors: Foulness outstation, reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1924-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the research and laboratory reports produced by the AWRE Foulness. The subject material covers military and civil projects, such as the strengths of Atomic Reactors containment vessels, and large civil engineering projects, such as bridges. Many of the reports are concerned with laboratory experimental processes, and these have not been deposited. Records concerning the management of the site produced by the Foulness senior staff are also in this series. Records produced by the senior staff at Aldermaston about policy issues relating to Foulness will be found elsewhere in the ES series.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Foulness, 1954-1973
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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33 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire, maintained a research outstation on Foulness Island, near Shoeburyness, in Essex. The site, which covered over 2,000 acres, was adjacent to the military test range at Potton Island and was needed to undertake hydrodynamic experiments with larger quantities of conventional explosives than were permitted at Aldermaston or Porton Down. Tests conducted at Foulness were concerned primarily with improvements in safety and the approval of new designs. The site also contained a blast tunnel that was used to simulate the effects of a nuclear explosion. The Atomic Weapons Establishment ceased to use the Foulness site in 2000.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16100/
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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and successors: Foulness outstation, reports
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