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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Atomic Weapons Establishment: Environment,...
Catalogue reference: ES 21
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ES 21
This series contains records relating to events and inquiries concerning accidents and incidents of a non–trivial nature, in particular serious injury, or events that include radioactive contamination. Records include environmental reports, and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 21
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Atomic Weapons Establishment: Environment, Health and Safety: Files and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950-2007
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to events and inquiries concerning accidents and incidents of a non–trivial nature, in particular serious injury, or events that include radioactive contamination. Records include environmental reports, and reports on environmental spills, fires and other occurances. The records of the Whiteway and Pochin inquiries and their outcome are also contained within this 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)
- 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 Establishment, 1987-1987
- 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)
- 126 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 2018 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The responsibility for health and safety have separately been the remit of a number of departments over the years, but that associated with the use of radioactive materials has always resided with the Health Physics department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16318197/
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