Catalogue description United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Annual Reports and Summaries

This series contains the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority annual reports, as required by the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954, section 3(5). All the reports (except the first) contain the accounts also. From 1956 to 1973 the reports were accompanied by illustrated summaries, the Atom series. Thereafter, illustrations are included in the main reports. From the 20th edition the illustrations are included in the main report. It also includes a published chronology of events for the years 1939 to 1978. The first report covers the period 19 July 1954 (when UKAEA came into being) until 31 March 1955; each subsequent report covers 1 April to 31 March.