Catalogue description Department of the Environment: Radioactive Waste Administration and Professional Divisions: Registered Files (RW Series)

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Reference: AT 31
Title: Department of the Environment: Radioactive Waste Administration and Professional Divisions: Registered Files (RW Series)
Description:

This series comprises registered files of the Radioactive Waste Administration and Professional Divisions.

The files mainly relate to the storage and disposal of radioactive substances at specific sites, including nuclear power stations, and relevant legislation, records of gaseous discharges, general environmental monitoring and discharge of radioactive liquid wastes at specific locations. Some files concern the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

The series includes some earlier files which were re-registered into the RW file series from the LG (HLG 120), WS (HLG 127), and WD (AT 32) series.
Date: 1958-1999
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: RW file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 59 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1995 Department of the Environment
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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