United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and predecessor: Northern Groups: Hinton Papers

This series consists of private and official papers of Sir Christopher Hinton (later Lord Hinton of Bankside), during his period as deputy controller of the Atomic Energy (Production) Division of the Ministry of Supply (1946-1954) and managing director of the Industrial Group of the Authority (1954-1957). It includes various financial papers; copies of Hinton's general correspondence; files on staff and technical matters; papers concerning the transfer from the Ministry of Supply to the Authority; safety, training and visits files; eight volumes of registers of incoming correspondence (1950-1957); and a collection of private papers.

It was under Sir Christopher Hinton's direction that the fuel and enrichment plants at Springfields and Capenhurst, the original reactors and fuel reprocessing plant at Windscale, Calder Hall and Chapelcross nuclear power stations and the Dounreay Experimental Reactor Establishment were built.

The files are listed under sub-series and record the work and some of the problems encountered during the early years of atomic energy production.

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Nuclear energy

Personal and family papers