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being called out to deal with alarms on average four times a week over this period. The Health and Safety Executive took the decision to prosecute AWE plc on three charges relating to health and safety after their investigation into the fire in 2010, the first hearing in this case being held on 6 August 2012. On 16 May 2013 AWE pleaded guilty to a single offence contrary to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
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Blacknest's main function is to develop and maintain expertise in using seismic techniques to detect and identify underground explosions. This expertise and the techniques have been used in the past to provide assessments for the UK government on nuclear explosions carried out by other countries. The
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decades before, recognised a small spike at an energy of 803 kilo-electron volts (keV) as the gamma ray signal from polonium-210, a critical component of early nuclear bombs, which led to the correct diagnosis. Further tests using spectroscopy designed to detect alpha radiation confirmed the result.
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On 3 August 2010 a fire broke out in the explosives processing area at AWE Aldermaston, resulting in the evacuation of nearby residents from their homes. Investigations by a local newspaper revealed that from 1 April 2000, to 5 August 2011, 158 fires broke out at AWE sites, with the fire brigade
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Critics pointed out that BNFL and Lockheed Martin did not have perfect safety records either. BNFL suffered embarrassing revelations of falsified quality checks in nuclear fuels and Lockheed was the subject of scathing reports on the operation of US nuclear facilities. Lockheed's failings
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report found that costs had increased by £1.07 billion to £1.8 billion and completion date had slipped to 2023. Construction was begun before design had been finalised and risk was not shared with contractors, so they were not incentivised to control costs.
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It remained with the Ministry of Defence, Procurement Executive. However, in 1989, the UK government announced its intention to find a suitable private company to run AWE under a Government Owned/Contractor Operated (GO‑CO) arrangement.
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warhead is reliable and safe throughout its intended in-service life. The new facilities and extra supporting infrastructure are required in the absence of live nuclear testing no longer allowed under the
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issued an improvement notice to AWE demanding that it demonstrate that it has a long-term strategy for managing Higher Active radioactive Waste in order to reduce the risk to the public and its employees.
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In 1987, AWRE was combined with ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff to form the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), these sites being renamed AWE Burghfield and AWE Cardiff (the latter was closed in 1997).
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In 2011 a project named MENSA to construct a new warhead assembly and disassembly facility at Burghfield had been approved, to be completed in 2017 at a cost £734 million. In 2020, a
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A significant programme of investment took place over the three-year period from 2005 to 2008, of about £350 million per year, to provide assurance that the existing
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in AWE plc. In November 2020, it was announced that the Ministry of Defence had triggered a contractual break point and would take ownership of AWE Plc in July 2021.
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alerted the authorities to lapses in security caused by misconduct among police officers guarding the base. The MoD said that security was never threatened, but
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In November 2020, it was announced that the Ministry of Defence had triggered a contractual break point and would take ownership of AWE Plc in July 2021.
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through AWE Management Ltd, which held a 25‑year contract (until March 2025) to operate AWE, although all the sites remained owned by the
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in 1987. ROF Burghfield and ROF Cardiff remained within the Procurement Executive and came under the control of AWRE.
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freefall nuclear bomb. In 1998 the company suffered two prosecutions for safety breaches, one for discharge of
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was announced as chair-designate, and he formally took on the role of chair of the board on 1 July 2021.
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considered it a "critical" incident. Six officers were dismissed for gross misconduct and 25 resigned.
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To develop the skills, technologies and techniques that could underpin future arms limitation treaties.
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AWE is tasked to help the United Kingdom maintain a credible and effective minimum nuclear deterrent:
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as a troop carrier (C‑47) group base, and was assigned USAAF station No 467. In 1952, the
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to obtain scientific data to maintain the safety and reliability of nuclear weapons.
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in the United States and other American nuclear weapons laboratories in carrying out
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To complete the dismantling and disposal of redundant warheads replaced by Trident.
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The cost of decommissioning AWE facilities when they become redundant, including
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The British nuclear weapons programme, then operating under the project name '
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To maintain a capability to design a new weapon, should it ever be required.
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Scientists at AWE were involved in testing for radioactive poison after the
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into a nearby stream and another for an incident where two workers inhaled
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In 1993 the government awarded a contract to Hunting-BRAE, a consortium of
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project was renamed the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), with
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which was signed in 1996, but which, as of 2015, has not come into force.
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on nuclear weapons. The most recent test took place in February 2006.
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Average of four fire calls a week at AWE (From Basingstoke Gazette)
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In December 2008, the BNFL share in AWE Management Ltd was sold to
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UK Ministry of Defence nuclear research and manufacturing facility
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Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945–1952
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expertise is to be used as part of Britain's contribution to the
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AWE Aldermaston in Newbury Magistrates Court: 13 December 1999
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reported that a scientist at AWE, who had worked on Britain's
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disposal, was estimated at £3.4 billion in 2005.
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Until June 2021, AWE plc was owned by a consortium of
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Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF) Burghfield and Cardiff
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Nuclear weapons infrastructure of the United Kingdom
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Index

Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
Awre


Non-departmental public body
Aldermaston
Berkshire
51°22′09.3″N 1°08′25.9″W / 51.369250°N 1.140528°W / 51.369250; -1.140528
Non-departmental public body
Chairman
Chief Executive
Ministry of Defence
www.awe.co.uk
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/atomic-weapons-establishment
GOV.UK
Ministry of Defence
design
warheads
UK's nuclear weapons
RAF Aldermaston
Burghfield
RNAD Coulport
plc
Ministry of Defence
non-departmental public body
Jacobs Engineering Group
Lockheed Martin UK
Serco
Government of the United Kingdom
golden share

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