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Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Ordinary (O) Reports
Catalogue reference: ES 4
What's it about?
ES 4
The Ordinary (O) report series cover the research of most division at Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and give an overall picture of work undertaken each year. They include fundamental research and instrumentation except for weapons effects...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ES 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Ordinary (O) Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1926-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Ordinary (O) report series cover the research of most division at Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and give an overall picture of work undertaken each year. They include fundamental research and instrumentation except for weapons effects trials (E series reports) and overseas trials work (T series reports). Many pieces contain photographs and plans.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Numerical series within each year.
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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)
- O 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)
- 1517 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 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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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 it is because reports were not issued.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7137/
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Records of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, predecessors and successors
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