In response to FOI request by Rob Evans, the Defence Procurement Agency provided an overview of AWE Aldermaston C16/C15 Facility housing HELEN Laser and Support Laboratories, prepared by Radiation Physics Department for Term Contract Bid Teams. The HELEN Laser is required to support the Warhead Plasma Physics Programme, which is tasked with determining material properties and physical processes under conditions resembling a nuclear explosion. The document contain the facility layout and the laser schematic.
Tag: Research and science
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AWE Aldermaston University sponsorship list
In response to FOI request by Rob Evans, Defence Procurement Agency provided the answer to the MoD question regarding University sponsorship by AWE (PD/Tech/22/4), dated 12/3/99. It breakdowns the sponsorship by University, level of qualification and subject area.
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Science and Global Security, John Harvey, Nuclear weapons safety the case of Trident
1994
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Navsea Dahlgren, ‘NSWCDD Diagram.’
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*NB wrong file ‘II. Literature Review: Introduction, MIRV Footprints.’
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MIRV, ‘Table 4.2 Stick Length Data for US-3RV System.’
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NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Alimetry, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Insitution of Oceanography, University of California, Walter H.F. Smith, David T. Sandwell, ‘Conventional Bathymetry, Bathymetry from Space, and Geodetic Alimetry.’
2004.
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The Bang Behind The Buck: Replacing the UK’s Nuclear Warheads
'The Bang Behind The Buck: Replacing the UK's Nuclear Warheads.' Hugh Chalmers. Occasional Paper, Royal United Services Institute. March 2014.
