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Catalogue reference: AB 12

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AB 12

This series contains the records of various committees and other groups based at Harwell. Subjects covered include scientific and technical developments, accommodation, health and safety, publications, standards, staff relations, relations with...

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AB 12

Title
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and predecessors: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell: Committees, Correspondence and Papers
Date

1945-2004

Description

This series contains the records of various committees and other groups based at Harwell. Subjects covered include scientific and technical developments, accommodation, health and safety, publications, standards, staff relations, relations with outside and international bodies, senior management policy and the environment. Also included are committees dealing with Winfrith when it was run as an offshoot of Harwell (1957-1961), and the Radiochemical Centre, Amersham. During the first year of operation, most documents were issued as committee papers.

Most pieces contain a contents list (index) at the front.

Related material

Committee records relating to the Controlled Thermonuclear Research Project, which was relocated from Harwell to Culham in 1960, are in AB 73

Later Winfrith committee papers are in AB 28

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1424 files and volumes

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1973 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Subjects
Topics
Nuclear energy
Research
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Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1627/

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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and predecessors: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell: Committees, Correspondence and Papers

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