Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston

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The Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston is the United Kingdom’s principal nuclear weapons research and development facility, historically central to the design and maintenance of the country’s nuclear arsenal.

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instanceOf nuclear weapons research facility
research establishment
associatedWithEvent Aldermaston Marches to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
surface form: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Aldermaston marches
associatedWithProgram Tube Alloys programme
surface form: British nuclear weapons programme

Trident nuclear missile system
surface form: UK strategic deterrent
associatedWithWeaponSystem Polaris missile system
surface form: Chevaline warhead system

Polaris missile system
surface form: Polaris missile warheads

Trident II D5 missile
surface form: Trident missile warheads
controlledBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
coordinatesWith United States nuclear weapons complex
surface form: United States nuclear laboratories
country United Kingdom
employs engineers
scientists
technicians
established 1950
hasAbbreviation Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston self-linksurface differs
surface form: AWRE Aldermaston
hasFacility laboratories
production workshops
test facilities
historicalRole central to development of Britain’s first nuclear weapons
central to maintenance of the UK’s continuous at-sea deterrent
laterKnownAs Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston self-linksurface differs
surface form: Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston
locatedIn Aldermaston
Berkshire
England
United Kingdom
near Reading, Berkshire, England
surface form: Reading, Berkshire

village of Aldermaston
opened 1950s
operatedBy Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston self-linksurface differs
surface form: Atomic Weapons Establishment
ownedBy UK government
surface form: UK Government
partOf Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston self-linksurface differs
surface form: United Kingdom nuclear weapons complex
predecessor Ministry of Supply (UK)
surface form: Ministry of Supply research establishments
primaryFunction design of nuclear weapons
development of nuclear weapons
maintenance of the United Kingdom nuclear arsenal
researchField computational modelling
high explosives
hydrodynamics
materials science
nuclear physics
radiation effects
responsibleFor United Kingdom nuclear warheads
securityLevel highly classified
siteType secure military-industrial complex
subjectTo Official Secrets Act 1989
surface form: Official Secrets Act (United Kingdom)
subjectToRegulation international arms control agreements

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Aldermaston Marches endPoint Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
Aldermaston Marches relatedTo Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
Aldermaston Marches to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment location Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
Aldermaston Marches to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment targeted Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
this entity surface form: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston operatedBy Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Atomic Weapons Establishment
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston partOf Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United Kingdom nuclear weapons complex
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston hasAbbreviation Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: AWRE Aldermaston
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston laterKnownAs Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston
Easter Aldermaston March targetedSite Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
this entity surface form: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston
Aldermaston hasFacility Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
this entity surface form: Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston
David Langford employer Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
this entity surface form: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
William Penney employer Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
this entity surface form: Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
London to Aldermaston routeTo Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston
this entity surface form: Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment