Summary: | The Collection contains correspondence and publications relating to the purchase of a Van de Graaff accelerator and the construction of a Nuclear Structure Facility at Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory. |
Date: | 1959-1973 |
Reference Number: | D390 |
Related Material: | D147/F14/2-University of Liverpool Physics Department, proposed Van de Graaff BuildingD688/2/4/11-Nuclear Power Station DocumentsP714/4-Nuclear Physics and Cyclotron Building at the UniversityP2383/2-Nuclear Physics |
Separated Material: | The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), in Manchester holds archives relating to the world's first Synchroton Radiation Source at Daresbury Laboratory.The Science and Technology Facilities Council has ePublications available for Daresbury Laboratory Technical Reports, dating from 1964. |
Biographical/Administrative Information: | Daresbury Laboratory is a scientific research centre near Daresbury in Cheshire, England. Operations began in 1962. Daresbury was officially opened on 16 June 1967 as the Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory by the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. |