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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and related bodies: Directorate...
Catalogue reference: AB 1
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AB 1
This series contains war-time and post-war atomic energy and atomic weapons research papers originating in various governmental and non-governmental bodies. These include the Directorate of Tube Alloys of the Department of Scientific and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AB 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and related bodies: Directorate of Tube Alloys and related bodies: War of 1939-1945, Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1959
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains war-time and post-war atomic energy and atomic weapons research papers originating in various governmental and non-governmental bodies. These include the Directorate of Tube Alloys of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (records otherwise in DSIR) and later the Ministry of Supply; the MAUD Committee of the Ministry of Aircraft Production; scientists at ICI Limited and various UK universities; the British Commonwealth Scientific Office in Washington; and the Anglo-Canadian joint atomic energy project.
Subjects covered include scientific and technical developments, the staffing and structure of the various organizations, minutes and papers of the MAUD Committee and its sub-committees, reports of visits, research arrangements at UK universities, contracts and patents, supply of uranium and heavy water, Anglo-American relations, the Chalk River reactor site, post-war uses of atomic energy and reports on the German effort to utilise atomic energy.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Tube Alloys Consultative Council see CAB 126
For registered files of the British Central Scientific Office and British Commonwealth Scientific Office of the Ministry of Supply and successors see AVIA 42
For other related files see AB 16
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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)
- 716 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 1972 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
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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/C1616/
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Records of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and its predecessors
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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and related bodies: Directorate of Tube Alloys and related bodies: War of 1939-1945, Correspondence and Papers
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