Catalogue description Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Nuclear Research (NR) Reports

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Reference: ES 6
Title: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment: Nuclear Research (NR) Reports
Description:

This series consists of reports produced by the Warhead Physics Department and successors and covers experimental nuclear research undertaken by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.

Date: 1958-1966
Arrangement:

Initiated in 1957, reports in the NR Series were identified by a letter (designating the subject) followed by a serial number. There are four types of report: NR/A (criticality of nuclear assemblies); NR/C (radiochemistry); NR/D (nuclear devices); and NR/P (nuclear physics). From 1963 until 1966 (when the series was discontinued) reports were issued serially within each year.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: NR report series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 85 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2000 Atomic Weapons Establishment

Selection and destruction information: The full set of reports has been preserved; where report numbers are not present in the numerical sequence, it is because these numbers were not used.

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