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 Harwell Science and Innovation Campus ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
employs engineers ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
technicians ⓘ
establishedBy Ministry of Supply (United Kingdom) ⓘ
United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
hasNeighbouringFacility RAF Harwell (former airfield) ⓘ
hasReactor BEPO research reactor ⓘ
DIDO research reactor ⓘ
GLEEP research reactor ⓘ
HERALD research reactor ⓘ
LIDO research reactor ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Harwell ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ
locatedNear Didcot ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
locatedOn 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 ⓘ
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 → Harwell ⓘ
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Didcot → near → Harwell Science and Innovation Campus ⓘ
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George Thomson → employer → United Kingdom atomic energy establishment ⓘ
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George Thomson → partOf → British nuclear establishment ⓘ
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John Cockcroft → employer → Atomic Energy Research Establishment ⓘ
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Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell → locatedIn → Harwell ⓘ
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Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell → locatedOn → Harwell Science and Innovation Campus ⓘ
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Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell → operatedBy → Atomic Energy Research Establishment ⓘ
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Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell → convertedTo → Harwell Science and Innovation Campus ⓘ
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John Clive Ward → employer → Atomic Energy Research Establishment ⓘ
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Didcot Power Station → near → Harwell Science and Innovation Campus ⓘ
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Atlas computer → operatedBy → Atomic Energy Research Establishment ⓘ
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Tony Skyrme → employer → Atomic Energy Research Establishment ⓘ
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Tony Skyrme → workLocation → Harwell ⓘ
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GLEEP research reactor → location → Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell ⓘ
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GLEEP research reactor → partOf → Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell reactor facilities ⓘ
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RAF Harwell → associatedWith → Atomic Energy Research Establishment ⓘ
subject linked to: RAF Harwell (former airfield)
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BEPO research reactor → location → Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell ⓘ
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DIDO research reactor → site → Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell ⓘ
LIDO research reactor → location → Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell ⓘ
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LIDO research reactor → operator → Atomic Energy Research Establishment ⓘ
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LIDO research reactor → locatedInFacility → Harwell Laboratory ⓘ
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