Catalogue description Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Atomic Weapons Establishment: Accident and Emergency Exercises: Files and Reports
Reference: | ES 28 |
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Title: | Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and Atomic Weapons Establishment: Accident and Emergency Exercises: Files and Reports |
Description: |
This series contains records relating to the planning and execution of training exercises designed to perfect responses to major accidents and emergencies. AWRE/AWE has been involved in nuclear accident exercises for many years. These involved not just AWE, but also the police and the military, and occasionally US observers. Less complex scenarios were tested within the establishment at Aldermaston. |
Date: | 1963-1992 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Atomic Weapons Establishment, 1987- Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 1954-1973 Ministry of Defence, Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, 1973-1987 |
Physical description: | 7 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2017 Atomic Weapons Establishment |
Accruals: | Series is accruing. |
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