Report on the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment

Abstract

In the following articles, leaders of five departments at Harwell, England's laboratory for atomic energy development, describe the work of their groups. The Bulletin is indebted to H. A. C. McKay of the chemistry section for assembling these contributions. The review supplements an earlier article on the Harwell Establishment by H. W. B. Skinner in the April 1948 issue of the Bulletin. It does not deal with the progress in pile construction and atomic weapon development in Britain since 1948; the Bulletin hopes to present a report on these aspects of the program in the near future. The present review is somewhat more technical than is usual in the Bulletin; but we believe many of our readers will appreciate it. Papers describing the Norwegian and Canadian projects appeared in the May 1950 Bulletin, and the work of the French Atomic Energy Commission was reported in the Bulletin issue of October 1950.