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Wales and the Bomb

Wales and the Bomb

John Baylis

(2019)

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Abstract

The main focus of this book is on the contribution of Welsh scientists, engineers and facilities in Wales to the British nuclear programme – especially the military programme – from the Second World War through to the present day. After the war, a number of Welsh scientists at Harwell played an important role in the development of civil nuclear power, and subsequently also at Aldermaston where Welsh scientists and engineers were a key part of William Penney’s team producing the first UK nuclear device tested at Monte Bello in 1952. This book highlights the scientific and engineering contribution made by Welsh scientists and engineers, and, where possible, it considers their backgrounds, education, personalities and interests. Many, for example, were sons of miners from the Welsh valleys, whose lives were changed by their teachers and education at Wales’s university institutions – which responds in part to the question, ‘Why so many Welshmen?’


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover\r Front Cover
Title Page\r iii
Copyright Page iv
Dedication v
Contents vii
Series Editor’s Foreword ix
List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xv
1. Introduction 1
2. Wales and the Wartime Origins of Atomic Energy 7
3. The British Nuclear Programme from the 1940s to the 1960s 21
4. The Role of Welsh Scientists and Engineers in the Early British Nuclear Programme 39
5. The British Nuclear Programme from Chevaline to Trident 63
6. The Involvement of Welsh Scientists and Engineers in the British Nuclear Programme from the 1960s to the Present Day 91
7. Conclusion 113
Notes 119
Appendix 1: Welsh scientists and engineers involved in the Atomic Energy Programme 133
Appendix 2: The Duff-Mason Report 135
Select Bibliography 151
Index\r 153
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