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Medical Research Council: Committee on Protection against Ionising Radiations: Minutes...
Catalogue reference: FD 14
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FD 14
Minutes, papers and reports of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Committee on Protection Against Ionising Radiations and the various sub-committees, working-parties and groups through which it operates.The series also contains papers relating to...
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FD 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Medical Research Council: Committee on Protection against Ionising Radiations: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1951-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, papers and reports of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Committee on Protection Against Ionising Radiations and the various sub-committees, working-parties and groups through which it operates.
The series also contains papers relating to the 'radiobiology fora' organised by the Committee.
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Arrangement
It was Medical Research Committee and Medical Research Council practice to file agendas, minutes and papers in order of agenda, with the previous meeting's minutes filed with the agenda for the following meeting. (This was because the minutes of a meeting were officially approved at the following meeting.) The arrangement for this series follows this convention.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Not 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)
- Committee on Protection against Ionising Radiations, 1951-1979
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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218 file(s)
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Open
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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 Committee was set up in 1951 to liaise with and supervise the work of the various radiobiological and radiation research units of the MRC.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7277/
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