Atomic Weapons Establishment (11 results)
Published by Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston
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Contact seller5-star sellersingle sheet of stationary. Condition: Fair. Approximately 8.25 inches by 11.75 inches. Creased down the middle (long side). with and AWE marked ballpoint pen. The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) is responsible for the design, manufacture and support of warheads for the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent. It is the successor…to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) with its main site on the former RAF Aldermaston and has major facilities at Burghfield, Blacknest and RNAD Coulport. AWE plc, responsible for the day-to-day operations of AWE, is owned by a consortium of Jacobs Engineering Group, Lockheed Martin UK and Serco through AWE Management Ltd, which holds a 25-year contract (until March 2025) to operate AWE. All the sites are owned by the Government of the United Kingdom which has a golden share in AWE plc. The establishment is the final destination for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's annual march from Trafalgar Square, London. The first Aldermaston March was conceived by the Direct Action Committee and took place in 1958. The Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) was established on 1 April 1950, by the Ministry of Supply, at the former RAF Aldermaston airfield. The airfield was constructed in World War II and had been used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army's Eighth and Ninth Air Force as a troop carrier (C-47) group base, and was assigned USAAF station No 467. AWRE's first Director was William Penney. In 1954 AWRE was transferred to the newly created United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). In 1971 the production activities of UKAEA were transferred to the newly created British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. (BNFL). In 1973 AWRE was transferred to the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence. Parts of AWRE's weapons production processes were carried out at two Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs): ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff. In 1984 these two ROFs were separated from the other ROFs; which were then formed into a government-owned defence company, Royal Ordnance plc and was privatized in 1987. ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff remained within the Procurement Executive and came under the control of AWRE. In 1987, AWRE was combined with ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff to form the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). These sites being renamed AWE Burghfield and AWE Cardiff (the latter was closed in 1997). It remained with the Ministry of Defence, Procurement Executive. However, in 1989, the UK government announced its intention to find a suitable private company to run AWE under a Government Owned/Contractor Operated (GO-CO) arrangement. In 1993 the government awarded a contract to Hunting-BRAE, a consortium of Hunting Engineering, Brown and Root and AEA Technology. During Hunting-BRAE's management AWE decommissioned the RAFs WE177 freefall nuclear bomb. In 1998 the company suffered two prosecutions for safety breaches, one for discharge of tritium into a nearby stream and another for an incident where two workers inhaled plutonium. In 1999 Hunting-BRAE lost the contract to AWE Management Ltd (AWE ML), a consortium of BNFL, Lockheed Martin and Serco. AWE ML's subsidiary, AWE plc, assumed responsibility for the operation of all AWE sites on 1 April 2000. This was not full privatization as the Ministry of Defence continued to own all the AWE sites and a golden share in AWE plc. AWE is tasked to help the United Kingdom maintain a credible and effective minimum nuclear deterrent: To maintain the warheads for the Trident nuclear deterrent safely and reliably in service. To maintain a capability to design a new weapon, should it ever be required. To complete the dismantling and disposal of redundant warheads replaced by Trident. To develop the skills, technologies and techniques that could underpin future arms limitation treaties A significant programme of investment took place over the three-year period from 2005 to 2008, of about £350 million per year, to provide assurance that the existing Trident missile warhead is reliable and safe.
Language: English
Published by Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. AWRE. A.W.R.E., Aldermaston., 1976
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Add to basketPaper Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 44pp. Generally in nice clean condition - no deliberate marks.
Language: English
Published by Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. AWRE. A.W.R.E., Aldermaston., 1971
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- Magazine / Periodical
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Add to basketPaper Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 44pp. Generally in nice clean condition - no deliberate marks, just some very light moisture marks in top outer corner margin only.
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Published by Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. AWRE., Aldermaston., 1959
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Add to basketPaper Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 50pp. in nice clean condition. rusted staples and thus some pages loose. The first and last sheet appear to be missing as starts with page 3 - missing pages would probably have been mainly adverts with Contents list on first.
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Published by Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. AWRE., Aldermaston., 1983
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Add to basketPaper Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 28pp. in nice clean condition. Writing & small tear to front cover - see pic.
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Published by Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. AWRE. A.W.R.E., Aldermaston., 1973
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Add to basketPaper Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 44pp. Generally in nice clean condition - no deliberate marks except name on cover.
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Published by Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. AWRE. A.W.R.E., Aldermaston., 1982
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Add to basketPaper Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 36pp. Generally in nice clean condition - no deliberate marks except writing on cover - see pic. Articles include Padworth Lock, Silchester Excavations.
Published by Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, England, 2010
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Add to basketWraps. Condition: Very good. Issue 1 stated. 28 pages. Illustrations (color). Format is approximately 8.25 inches and 6 inches. This work includes information on the AWE Enterprise Strategy. This document appears to be targeted at current AWE employees. The Atomic Weapons Establishment is a contractor operated capabilities deplo…yed in several facilities overseen by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense. The United Kingdom and the United States cooperate under the terms of a Mutual Defense Agreement that was first established in 1958 and has been periodically renewed since then..
Published by Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, Berks., United Kingdow, 2003
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Add to basketWraps. Condition: very good. 48 pages., wraps, illus., diagrams Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.
Published by AWE Management Ltd, Aldermaston, England, United Kingdom
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. 14 single-sided pages. Circa 2013. Illustrations (color). Hard copy of a presentation. Marked UK UNCLASSIFIED. The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) is responsible for the design, manufacture and support of warheads for the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons. It is the successor to the Atomic Weapons Researc…h Establishment (AWRE) with its main site on the former RAF Aldermaston and has major facilities at Burghfield, Blacknest and RNAD Coulport. AWE plc, responsible for the day-to-day operations of AWE, is owned by a consortium of Jacobs Engineering Group, Lockheed Martin UK and Serco through AWE Management Ltd, which holds a 25-year contract (until March 2025) to operate AWE. All the sites are owned by the United Kingdom which has a golden share in AWE plc. In 1987, AWRE was combined with ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff to form the Atomic Weapons Establishment. It remained with the Ministry of Defence, Procurement Executive. The 1958 US-UK Mutual Defense Agreement, or UK-US Mutual Defence Agreement, is a bilateral treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom on nuclear weapons cooperation. The treaty's full name is Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes. It allows the United States and the UK to exchange nuclear materials, technology and information. While the US has nuclear cooperation agreements with other countries, including France and some NATO countries, this agreement is by far the most comprehensive. The treaty provided for the sale to the UK of one complete nuclear submarine propulsion plant, plus ten years' supply of enriched uranium to fuel it. Other nuclear material was also acquired from the United States under the treaty. The most recent renewal extended it to 31 December 2024. Briefing slides stapled in upper left corner Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.
Published by A.W.R.E. News vol. 8 no. 5. March, 1961
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Add to basket44pp., 4to. Stapled. The complete magazine, in printed wraps with green masthead, on shiny art paper, with attractive 'modern' layout and numerous illustrations. Incongruous image on cover of girl and lamb. Glennie's article is on four pages, with a photograph of the author accompanied by a brief biography (ending 'He came to Al…dermaston in 1955 and is now in S.S.C.M.') and three photographs of the 'IBM 7090 Electronic Data Processing Machine', one of them small, and the other two each half-page, and accompanied by a lengthy caption. The first of the two shows the room housing the computer, with two female operatives ('The rent, including overheads, of the complete machine works out at the order of ninepence per second. However, from one hour costing approximately £135, we can obtain as much work as a human computer could produce at his desk in several years.'), and the second shows a female operative at the 'Central Processing Unit' ('the "brain" of the machine'). The magazine as a whole is a fascinating artefact ('The Editorial Board regard this magazine as an Ambassador for Goodwill throughout the Weapons Group.'), with articles including 'Aldermaston News', 'News from Outstations', 'Industrial Benevolent Fund', 'A.E.A.C. News', 'News of the Trade Unions', 'Recreation Society' and 'Apprentices' Association'. Scarce: the only issues traced on COPAC at the British Library. Glennie is noted as having worked on FORTRAN while at Aldermaston, having previously taken part in the first ever game of chess against a computer, programmed by Alan Turing.
