Catalogue description Department of the Environment: Waste Disposal Division: Registered Files (WD Series)

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Details of AT 32
Reference: AT 32
Title: Department of the Environment: Waste Disposal Division: Registered Files (WD Series)
Description:

This series comprises registered files of the Waste Disposal Division.

The files relate to the storage and disposal of radioactive substances and material at various specified sites, the inspection of premises holding radioactive material, the investigation of radiation hazards due to negligence or ignorance, and the disposal of asbestos.

The series includes files which were re-registered into the WD file series from some earlier series.
Date: 1959-1987
Separated material:

For files re-registered into the RW series, see AT 31
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: WD file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 168 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1995 Department of the Environment
Accumulation dates: 1977 onwards
Selection and destruction information: Casework files relating to applications for certificates for registration for users of radioactive material in industry, universities and other bodies have not been selected for preservation.
Accruals: Series is accruing.

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