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NIRNS
□ The beginning of NIRNS
□ NIRNS Charter
□ Committee papers
SRC/SERC
□ Committee papers
□ Council publications
Rutherford Laboratory
□ Laboratory Meetings
□ Evolution of site
□ Architects drawings and artwork
□ Brochures and annual reports
□ Technical publications
□ Newsletters
□ 'Bulletin' newsletter
□ Open days
□ Photograph albums and slides

Open Days, Family Days and Anniversaries

Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Minutes and administration (1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Press Visit (22 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Press Visit address by TG Pickavance (22 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Inauguration of Nimrod (24 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Inauguration of Nimrod Guest List (24 April 1964) Text of speeches by Lord Bridges, Sir John Cockcroft, The Rt Hon Quintin Hogg MP and instructions for the inauguration procedure (24 April 1964) Luncheon menu (24 April 1964) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Brochure (25 April 1964) Rutherford High Energy Laboratory Families and Friends Day (16 June 1965) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Brochure (19 May 1966) Rutherford Laboratory Open Week -- Guide book and maps (2 and 3 July 1970) Quarks to Quasars: Guide Book for Open Days 8-12 July 1980 at Chilton, Oxfordshire RAL Open Days brochure (1990) Open Days at CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory / Site plan and guide to exhibitions (1998)

Additional audio material

Rutherford Centenary / Royal Society Celebrations -- Brochure (29 October 1971) Rutherford Centenary -- Notes for guides (29 October 1971) Rutherford reaches 25 (25 August 1982, a selection of press releases and clippings on the 25th anniversary of the laboratory)

The Proton Linear Accelerator (c. April 1964) The Nimrod Proton Source and Pre-injector Nimrod Injector: Beam monitoring system Nimrod Injector: The Linear Accelerator, Buncher and Debuncher Nimrod Injector: High Energy Drift Space and Achromatic Inflector System Peaking Strips for the Nimrod Magnet Nimrod Ripple Filter Systems Nimrod Vacuum System Nimrod Vacuum Vessels Nimrod Injector Vacuum System The Nimrod Magnet Nimrod RF System and Beam Diagnostics Nimrod Target Mechanisms and the Proton Extraction System Nimrod Control Room Nimrod Synchronising System Separators Liquid Hydrogen Target Systems Maximum Current in an Electron Beam A Vacuum Gauge using Ion Trapping Liquid Helium Level Gauge Nimrod Power Supply Nimrod Magnet Power Supply Polarized Proton Target Pi1 Beam Line and Experiment (NIRNS Group) Pi2 Beam Line and Experiment (University College, London and Westfield College, London) Pi3 Experiment and Beam Line (Oxford University) NI Beam Line and Experiment (AERE, Bristol University, Birmingham University and NIRNS) The Work of Scanning and Measuring Laboratories Electronics Group Film Processing Laboratory Target Operation in the 1.5 metre Cryogenic Bubble Chamber (May 1970, Nimrod Division) 1.4 metre Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber The 1.5 metre Cryogenic Bubble Chamber (May 1970, Nimrod Division) 80 cm Helium Bubble Chamber Saclay 82 cm Liquid Hydrogen Bubble Chamber The Small Portable Freon Chamber Bubble Chamber Data Reduction The IBM System/360-75I and DDP-224 Computer Complex Model Centre for the Variable Energy Cyclotron The Evolution of the Cyclotron Variable Energy Cyclotron Ion Source Development for the VEC The Nuclear and Radiochemistry Wing Polarized Proton Source PLA Nuclear Physics Exhibits Design and Manufacture The Plunging Mechanism Electronics and Instruments Section Electrical Services Section Industrial Chemistry Section Safety Section The Oxford Electrostatic Generator Project Mechanical Services Section Building Section Principle contractors for Nimrod and PLA Electrostatic Generators A Brief History of Elementary Particle Physics Elementary Particles in the Service of Man A permanent exhibition for Rutherford Laboratory / Proposal for R2 walkway (19 October 1967)

Space Science
Space Science: General information Astronomy: Future projects RAL and the BNSC (British National Space Centre) Cambridge set to monitor interplanetary clouds Cluster The Coronal Helium Abundance experiment on SpaceLab 2 Combined Release and Radiation Effects Spacecraft (CRRES) Dusty Plasmas The EISCAT Incoherent Scatter Radars ESA's First Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) and Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) The SERC Geophysical Data Facility Geophysical research The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Laboratory spectroscopy for atmospheric applications Lyman-FUSE: The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Mechanical design METEOSAT Millimetre technology How are the Northern Lights powered? Orbit dynamics at RAL Ozone Roentgensatellit (ROSAT) ROSAT Wide Field Camera The SERC MST Radar Facility The Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) The Solar Maximum Mission and beyond The Solar Wind and the Earth's Magnetosphere Spacecraft Systems Engineering: ESABase Software Package Space Data Centre at RAL Spectrum-X (JET-X X-ray telescope) The RAL Space Environment Test Facility STARLINK Project: Computing facilities for UK astronomers Structural analysis of payloads in space The Sun Thermal control Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) and Improved Stratospheric and Mesopheric Sounder (ISAMS) Why do astronomy from space? World Data Centre C1 for Solar-Terrestial Physics X-ray astronomy and the Ginga Satellite
ISIS
Design and discovery at ISIS ISIS Spallation neutron source The ISIS Target Station Neutrons help us understand the structure of materials Inelastic neutron spectroscopy on ISIS Neutron beam choppers: A simple guide What type of choppers do we use? Scientific scope of the Muon Facility
Lasers
Laser Facility and ISIS The Sprite laser system The Pulsed Power Development Laboratory
Particle Physics
Particle Physics: General information The ALEPH experiment The OPAL Experiment at LEP Data acquisition and control of the OPAL experiment at LEP Simulating particle physics events LEP and HERA event display The Soudan 2 Detector Proton Decay and the Soudan 2 experiment Muon Astronomy in Soudan 2 Karlsruhe Rutherford Medium Energy Neutrino Experiment (KARMEN)
Computing: CCD
Atlas Centre: Visitors route Computing at the Atlas Centre Central Computers Mass Storage Devices Output Devices The Console Room Computer Network Infrastructure Computer Graphics Administrative Databases at RAL IBM's PRofessional OFfice System (PROFS) Directory Services Across JANET Electronic Mail Across JANET Integrating Personal Computers into JANET RAL PC Support
Computing: Informatics
Computing and Information Technology: General information Informatics Department: Design Division overview Informatics Department: Systems Engineering Division overview Informatics Department: Computational Modelling Division Informatics Department: Distributed Computing Services Division The Data Glove Stardent ST2000 Superworkstation Image Processing Algorithms Library Colour information
Technology
Electron Beam Lithography Unit (EBL) Electronics at RAL: An integrated systems engineering approach Electronics Division: International Activities Electronics Division: Open Day Exhibits Integrated circuit design and test Specialist Electronic Workshop System Design System test and commissioning Technology choices Aleph Electromagnetic Calorimeter OPAL Detectors: Experimental equipment for LEP ZEUS Central Tracking Detector Applied Superconductivity Building Performance Assessment Closed Cycle Coolers for long life space applications Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) The GEO Project: Searching for gravitational waves Innovative technology The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Materials technology Metrology Section, Technology Department Multiwire Proportional Counter Radio Communications Research Unit (RCRU) Wind energy
Support Services and Engineering
Support Services Engineering: General information Building Management System Council Works Unit (CWU) Computer-aided Draughting and Design

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