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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Northern Groups: Trawsfynydd Magnox Reactor...
Catalogue reference: AB 39
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AB 39
This series relates to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's assessment of the design and construction of Trawsfynnyd Nuclear Power Station on behalf of the Central Electricity Generating Board. It includes: the original specification for...
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AB 39
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Title (The name of the record)
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Northern Groups: Trawsfynydd Magnox Reactor Nuclear Power Station, Assessments of Tenders, Project Files and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1957-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series relates to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's assessment of the design and construction of Trawsfynnyd Nuclear Power Station on behalf of the Central Electricity Generating Board. It includes: the original specification for the power station produced by CEGB: the successful tender documents submitted by Atomic Power Construction Limited; design, safety, progress and construction programmes and reports; UKAEA project files (including pre-tender discussions, tender assessments, reports and records of progress meetings); various miscellaneous technical reports; and the minutes and papers of several committees including the Trawsfynydd Station Commissioning Committee.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Industrial Group, 1954-1959
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Northern Groups, 1959-1977
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Northern Groups, Production Group, 1959-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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444 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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The papers relating to Trawsfynndd have been selected as representative of their kind relating to the collaboration between the Central Electricity Generating Board and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority on all the early CEGB Magnox stations.
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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 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority was contracted by the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1958 as consultant to assess the original tenders for, and the design and construction of, the Board's proposed nuclear power station at Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, Wales.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1654/
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Northern Groups: Trawsfynydd Magnox Reactor Nuclear Power Station, Assessments of Tenders, Project Files and Reports
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