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A ground-breaking study into how the UK’s military community views nuclear weapons and disarmament has highlighted significant concerns about the costs and role of Trident. The funding crisis facing the Ministry of Defence means that spending on nuclear weapons is increasingly seen as unjustifiable when conventional equipment is needed and many in the armed forces have lost their jobs.
A controversial agreement which allows nuclear weapons technology to be shared between the United States of America and the United Kingdom undermines global non-proliferation efforts and should be reformed to make it relevant to work aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
The US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA) was first signed in 1958 to allow the exchange ofclassified nuclear information, nuclear weapon technology, and scientific expertise, with the aim ofhelping both nations to develop their nuclear weapons systems.
This Lay-Person’s Alternative Guide to the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 examines and assesses the derivation and applicability the off-site emergency planning arrangements in place for the Atomic Weapons Establishment nuclear weapon plants at Aldermaston and Burghfield.
This report examines the performance of the Atomic Weapons Establishment’s (AWE) Local LiaisonCommittee (LLC) and compares it with standards of transparency and accountability adopted elsewherein the UK nuclear industry. It is not a critique of AWE or of defence policy, but a review of the standards of accountability and democracy which AWE applies in its […]
On 16th July 2010 the Ministry of Defence submitted a planning application to West Berkshire Council for construction of a new hydrodynamics research facility at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston. The new facility, known as Project Hydrus by AWE’s planners, is the latest development in AWE’s site development strategy for modernising and rebuilding the […]
Cash shortages caused by the credit crunch will force the next government to choose between replacing the Trident nuclear weapons system and meeting flagship goals to halve child poverty, raise the state pension in line with earnings, and keep education spending growing, according to a report on the affordability of Britain's nuclear weapons published today by the Nuclear Information Service (NIS).
Swamped! The devastating impact of the July 2007 floods on Britain's nuclear weapon's factories.
Download the full report below. You can also read the redacted version of AWE's 'Review Learn and Improve' assessment of the floods here.
‘Joint Services Publication 538: Regulation of the Nuclear Weapon Programme’ (JSP 538) is the definitive Ministry of Defence guidance document on nuclear and radiological safety requirements within the UK nuclear weapons programme. A redacted copy of the full 522 page document was placed in the House of Commons Library in May 2008 in response to a Parliamentary Question1. This NIS technical briefing provides a brief summary of its contents and a commentary on some salient points.
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Briefing note: AWE Burghfield safety, April 2008
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