Record

RefNoFS/7/4/32
Previous numbersFS/14/2/55
LevelFile
TitleCorrespondence on Nuclear Power and Energy
Date1954-1956
DescriptionCorrespondence with personnel in the Nuclear Power industry

Sir Edwin Plowden, UKAEA; Dr PH Sykes, British Oxygen Company (on efficiency in power stations); George Polanyi, North Western Gas Board; M Zvegintzov, National Research Development Corporation (on the efficiency of electrical generation and of American power stations); Earl of Halsbury, National Research Development Corporation and Philip Mullenbach, National Planning Association, USA (on nuclear power in the USA).

Also debate over the claim that by 1975 nuclear sources would be providing 40% of the UK's electricity supplies (1955)
Extent1 file
FormatManuscript and typescript documents
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialSee also FS/7/5/9
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