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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Atomic Weapons Establishment: Accident...
Catalogue reference: ES 28
What's it about?
ES 28
This series contains records relating to the planning and execution of training exercises designed to perfect responses to major accidents and emergencies. AWRE/AWE has been involved in nuclear accident exercises for many years. These involved...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 28
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Atomic Weapons Establishment: Accident and Emergency Exercises: Files and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1963-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the planning and execution of training exercises designed to perfect responses to major accidents and emergencies.
AWRE/AWE has been involved in nuclear accident exercises for many years. These involved not just AWE, but also the police and the military, and occasionally US observers. Less complex scenarios were tested within the establishment at Aldermaston.
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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)
- 7 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 2017 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16318204/
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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Atomic Weapons Establishment: Accident and Emergency Exercises: Files and Reports
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