Series
Board of Longitude: Papers
Catalogue reference: RGO 14
Date: 1605-1830
Records of the Board of Longitude.These include papers about the discovery of methods of measuring longitude at sea, notably the work of John...
Series
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and predecessors: Atomic Energy Research Establishment,...
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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AB 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and predecessors: Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell: Committees, Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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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)
- 1424 files and volumes
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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 1973 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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- Topics
- Nuclear energy
- Research
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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/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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