In response to FOI request by Rob Evans, Defence Procurement Agency provided the maintenance local work instruction (A90/LWI/MA/03) of A90 plutonium processing plant in Aldermaston, dated 06/07/1998. It details how the Maintenance Authority of A90 receives, registers, completes and closes out Defect Reports, Breakdown Dockets and Tasking Forms. This is an electronic copy of the hard copy no.6.
Tag: Plutonium
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AWE A90 Defect Reporting System
In response to FOI request by Rob Evans, Defence Procurement Agency provided the Defect Reporting System document (A90/GWI/OCC/5) of A90 plutonium processing plant in Aldermaston, dated 25/09/1998. It describes the workflow of handling defects in the A90 building. This is an electronic copy of the hard copy no.7 at location A90.9.
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US-UK nuclear sharing: deterring disarmament
2010 An analysis of the depth of collaboration between US and UK in nuclear weapon research and fabrication, and its legality under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (Chapter 3 of this book: https://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/publications-and-research/publications/105-beyond-arms-control-challenges-and-choices-for-nuclear-disarmament) By John Ainslie Download if the embedded viewer has a problem
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Risk from Trident missiles in Devonport
By John Ainslie Download if the embedded viewer has a problem
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Dr Jeremy Adler, ‘Ploughshares into Swords: Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons.’
July 1984.
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Marco Durante, ‘Estimates of radiological risk from a terrorist attack using plutonium.’
29 May 2002.
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Free New Mexican, ‘New Los Alamos plutonium lab on hold.’
28 May 2007.
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UK AWE, ‘Table 1, 150 Day SWS Plutonium Release Frequencies of Accidents Involving The SSBN on the Shiplift.’
No date.
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UK Government, Faslane Nuclear Submarine Base, ‘Overview of Internal/External Hazards.’
August 2000.
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UK US Mutual Defense Agreement, Plutonium / Actinide, ‘The following papers were presented at JOWOG 22.’
May 1996.
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US Government, Los Alamos National Laboratory, ASCI Supercomputer, ‘DP50 Budget Brief, FY 99.’
1999.
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John Ainslie, ‘Pit production at AWE’
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