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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Effects (E) Reports
Catalogue reference: ES 3
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ES 3
E series reports covering studies on the physical effects of atomic weapons, studying mainly the blast and shock effects on structures, using scaled trials at Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Foulness.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Effects (E) Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1953-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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E series reports covering studies on the physical effects of atomic weapons, studying mainly the blast and shock effects on structures, using scaled trials at Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Foulness.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Report number order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- E report series
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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)
- 99 volume(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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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The full set of reports has been preserved; where report numbers are not present in the numerical sequence it is because those numbers were not issued.
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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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This main reports series, the Effects (E) series, includes roughly 100 reports from 1953 to 1971. When the series closed in 1976 subsequent reports were added to the Ordinary (O) series of reports or to the Foulness Division Notes series.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7136/
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