United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority records, 1939-1999.
Includes records of the UKAEA's London Office, 1939-1994; Northern Group (Production Division) 1940-1994; research establishments at Harwell, 1940-1999; Winfrith, 1956-1988; Culham, 1958-1978; and records of the authority's predecessor body, the Directorate of Tube Alloys, 1939-1958. Also include private papers of Sir John Cockcroft, Sir Christopher Hinton, and John Davies.
The UKAEA was established in 1954 by the Atomic Energy Act. Its functions covered the entire field of atomic energy and radioactive substances. It was a public corporation with a board. Supervisory responsibilities went from the Lord President of the Council responsible directly to Parliament; in 1957 the authority was transferred to the Prime Minister, then to various other government authority and eventually to the Department of Energy in 1974.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority -- Records and correspondence.
Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell, England) -- Records and correspondence.
Nuclear energy -- Great Britain -- History.
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Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967
Hinton of Bankside, Christopher Hinton, Baron, 1901-1983.
Davies, John.
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Great Britain. National Archives. Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, UK