Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell

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Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell was a major British nuclear research center in Oxfordshire that played a key role in the development of the United Kingdom’s atomic energy program after World War II.

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instanceOf nuclear research centre
research establishment
convertedTo Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
country United Kingdom
employs engineers
scientists
technicians
establishedBy Ministry of Supply (UK)
surface form: Ministry of Supply (United Kingdom)

UK government
surface form: United Kingdom government
hasNeighbouringFacility RAF Harwell (former airfield)
hasReactor BEPO research reactor
DIDO research reactor
GLEEP research reactor
LIDO research reactor
surface form: HERALD research reactor

LIDO research reactor
BEPO research reactor
surface form: PLUTO research reactor
hasResearchField health physics
materials science
nuclear physics
radiation chemistry
radioactive waste management
reactor physics
hasStatus former major UK nuclear research centre
hasUse atomic energy development
materials testing
nuclear research
nuclear safety research
radiation biology research
radioisotope production
reactor design research
inception 1946
post–World War II period
locatedIn England
Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Harwell

Oxfordshire
locatedNear Didcot
Oxford
locatedOn Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
notableFor first operational nuclear reactor in Western Europe (GLEEP)
pioneering British nuclear science
radioisotope supply for medicine and industry
training of nuclear scientists and engineers
operatedBy Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Atomic Energy Research Establishment

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
ownedBy United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
partOf United Kingdom atomic energy programme
significantEvent development of UK civil nuclear power
development of early British research reactors
post-war atomic energy expansion in the UK
timePeriod Cold War

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Klaus Fuchs employer Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
Klaus Fuchs residence Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
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Didcot near Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
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George Thomson employer Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
this entity surface form: United Kingdom atomic energy establishment
George Thomson partOf Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
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John employer Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
subject surface form: John Cockcroft
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Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell locatedIn Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell self-linksurface differs
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Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell operatedBy Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell convertedTo Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
John Clive Ward employer Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Didcot Power Station near Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
this entity surface form: Harwell Science and Innovation Campus