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Articles
□ New authority for atomic energy □ Khrushchev and Bulganin charm offensive □ BEPO: Wigner Energy Release (1958) □ The miracle of atomic energy □ Biographies □ BEPO and the Turin Shroud □ Atom Harvest □ Sir John Cockcroft and Atomic Energy □ Nuclear physics in the United Kingdom 1911-1986 □ Russian spy in the Cotswolds □ Los Alamos from below □ Fateful discovery almost forgotten □ UK panel on gamma and electron irradiation: A brief history 1963-1984 □ Worlds oldest digital computer gets reboot: the Dekatron □ Haunt of the Hammer Gang
RAF Harwell
□ Before the war □ Celestial towers □ A personal history of RAF Station Harwell □ The 25th anniversary of D-Day
Publications
□ Newsletters □ Technical publications □ Committee minutes and other papers
Other materials
□ Photographs □ Films □ Ephemera □ Personal reminiscences

Other Harwell papers and documents

Committee minutes and technical papers collected by M Snowden mostly concerning Harwell accelerators and the Northern universities accelerator programme up to about 1960. See also RHEL Literature.

Minutes of the third meeting of the Cyclotron Panel held at The Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (1 April 1946) Minutes of the Cyclotron Oscillator meeting held at Harwell (9 May 1946) Minutes of the fifth Meeting of the Cyclotron Panel at Liverpool University (13 May 1946) Minutes of the sixth meeting of the Cyclotron Panel held at Birmingham University (26 June 1946) Minutes of Cyclotron Oscillator meeting held at AERE Harwell (7 August 1946) Minutes of meeting of Acceleration Panel of Nuclear Physics Sub-Committee (9 October 1946) Minutes of the meeting of the Cyclotron Panel of the Nuclear Physics Sub-committee held in the Cabinet Office (13 February 1947)

On the functions of a group to study future accelerators at AERE (Paper by John Lawson considering categories and purposes of future accelerators at Harwell including a SWOT table of features; 9 August 1957) Future accelerators progress meeting (Paper by N Marshall King, PLA Group at Harwell, on progress and problems of converting the synchrocyclotron to a spiral ridge cyclotron; 1 November 1957) Letter from Cockcroft to Skinner at Liverpool reporting on issues with the electron-synchrotron as described by Stanford and MIT via John Adams (9 January 1958) Minutes of Accelerator Research Progress Meeting discussing requirements for a synchrotron beam (14 February 1958) On the future of Accelerator Research at AERE (Paper by John Lawson concerning the accelerator research programme at Harwell, expressing frustration at the amateurish performance so far; 13 August 1958) Some aspects of future accelerator research (Paper by John Lawson; 21 August 1958) Paper by EB Paul, Manchester and accompanying letter from E Bretscher to the Director concerning the provision of electronic diagnostic equipment for large facilities (24 February 1959)

AERE D/M 361: Research Group / The 8 percent exercise (Paper by APT assessing the effects of limiting the expansion of staff to 8 percent a year, 7 January 1959) Future programme of Research Group (11 March 1959) Graphs showing trends of Research Group expenditure and increase in staff (Fishenden, 13 March 1959) Future Programme of the Research Group (Paper by Mullett, 31 March 1959) 19590331.future-programmes-of-research-group (Paper by Mullett considering the consequences of fixed-level staffing, 31 March 1959) Working Party on future Research Group policy (Paper by Pickavance suggesting some AERE operations which could be contracted-out including accelerators which could be transferred to NIRNS, 31 March 1959) RGP(59)1: Note of a meeting held in Cockcroft Hall (17 March 1959) RGP(59)2: Suggestions for stopping or moving work (with margin notes by Pickavance, 2 April 1959) RGP(59)3: Note of the meeting held in B424 (7 April 1959) RGP(59)4: Division Heads' replies to questionnaire (15 April 1959) RGP(59)5: Minutes of the meeting held in B424 (30 June 1959)

Minutes of the Building Sub-Committee held in Cockcroft's Office (11 November 1946)

HAR/GEN/02 Multi-GeV Electron Linear Accelerator (25 May 1957) Correspondence and papers concerning future profile of PSO (Principle Scientific Officer) appointments (5 December 1961)

Correspondence: 1974
Letter from J Paton, SRC to Stafford, RL concerning the project and suggests that some estimations of costs, manpower and timescales etc are now required (4 June 1974) Letter from LCW Hobbis, Neutron Beam Research Unit to MH Key, Queen's University concerning a copy of the proposal (30 July 1974) Letter from Paul Williams to MG Bret, Quantel requesting a detailed description of the company's laser systems (31 July 1974) Telex from LCW Hobbis, RL to various people at SRC concerning anticipated costs (8 November 1974) Letter from AH Gabriel, Appleton Lab to GC Sudbury with technical comments concerning the lack of plasmas and astrophysical applications in the proposal (10 December 1974)
Correspondence: 1975
Report by C Whitehead and DETF Ashby on a visit to US Laser Laboratories by an AERE/Rutherford/University Team 10 September to 4 October 1974 (January 1975; Ten sites are listed but the report from one of them has been removed) Letter from LCW Hobbis to Prof Edwards, SRC concerning consultations with universities (7 January 1975) Letter from LCW Hobbis to J Paton, SRC concerning expenditure and the timing of Government approval (9 January 1975) Letter from A Dobbins, SRC to DE Morgan, Dept of Education and Science concerning the location and size of the facility, and financial contributions by the various parties (29 January 1975) Letter from LCW Hobbis to S Witkowski, Max Planck Institut enquiring whether he can visit the institute (5 February 1975) Proposed Laser Centre Management Committees (Draft by LCW Hobbis, 6 February 1975) Staffing of Laser Project 1975/65 (Paper by LCW Hobbis, 21 February 1975) Letter from WM Lomer, Harwell to K Brueckner, U California extending an invitation for him to visit Harwell (13 March 1975) Notes for consideration of mechanism on financial organisation and relationship between AERE and Rutherford Laboratory (J Jenkins, 14 March 1975) Letter from JH Major, Department of Industry to M Smith, AERE Harwell concerning comments on the proposal to purchase non-British lasers (19 March 1975) Letter from LCW Hobbis to Sam Edwards, SRC reporting on an earlier meeting and a recent D En (Department of Energy?) letter, ERDA (the US Energy Research and Development Administration) security classification scheme and the unfortunate consequences (24 June 1975) Telex from RH Hoskins, Apollo Lasers Inc from Paul Williams explaining that there has been a set-back in the project (from context in the file this is assumed to be July 1975) Letter from MW Lomer, Harwell to RS Pease, Culham concerning Brian Gaskett (24 July 1975) Note from joint chairmen of the committee announcing the closure of the project (EM Lomer and LCW Hobbis, 21 August 1975) Telex from C Whitehead, Harwell from Raytheon, Mass informing them that the AEA have withdrawn from the project but that SRC is going ahead (23 October 1975)
Correspondence: 1976
Letter from DA Dingee, Columbus Laboratories, Ohio to C Whitehead asking for details of the project (6 April 1976)
Papers: 1974
The Scientific Case for a High Power Laser Facility (November 1974) SB 43/74 Proposal to Science Board for a high-powered laser facility between the SRC and the Atomic Energy Authority (26 June 1974) SRC 63-74 and P/AL/25 Memorandum by the Chairman of the Science Board and the Director, Rutherford Laboratory concerning the establishment of a central facility of high-powered lasers (17 July 1974)
Papers: 1975
JLP-EC1 Purchase of Glass Lasers for Part 1 of the Joint Laser Centre: Capital Programme (C Whitehead and PR Williams, 30 January 1975) RGMB(75)6 Research Group Management Board paper by WM Lomer, Harwell on the initial installation of the AEA/SRC Joint Laser Centre at Harwell (10 February 1975) JLP-EC2 Specifications and report on Tender Exercises (14 February 1975) JLP-EC3 Specifications CON/ENQ/IC/148 for a Laser System and CON/ENQ/IC/154 for Laser Systems on Laser Amplifier (20 March 1975) JLP-EC4 Rutherford Laboratory and AERE Financial Delegations (Note by WM Lomer) JLP-EC5 Staffing on Laser Project 1975/76 (C Whitehead and PR Williams, 21 March 1975) JLP-EC7 Experimental and diagnostic equipment required in 1975/76 (C Whitehead and PR Williams, 21 March 1975) JLP-EC8 Possible sites for Joint Laser Project (WM Lomer, 17 April 1975) JLPEC/P9 Staff structure and organisation (C Whitehead and PR Williams, 5 May 1975) JLP-EC6 Joint Laser Project: Statement of intent, Revised version (JT Wright, 7 May 1975) JLPEC/11 Inflation and currency variations (J Jenkins and JT Wright, 10 June 1975) JLPEC/P10 Purchase of lasers for the Joint Laser Centre: Comparison of tender prices with estimates (C Whitehead and PR Williams, 13 June 1975)
Minutes: 1975
JLPEC/M1 Minutes of meeting (10 February 1975) JLPEC/M2 Minutes of meeting (18 February 1975) JLPEC/M3 Minutes of meeting (4 March 1975) JLPEC/M4 Minutes of meeting (27 March 1975) JLPEC/M5 Minutes of meeting (16 April 1975) JLPEC/M6 Minutes of meeting (14 May 1975) JLPEC/M7 Minutes of meeting (16 June 1975)

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