AWRE Storage Box
A waterproof steel storage box from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston (now the AWE).
Tag: nuclear
Nuclear Evacuation Route Sign
A Nuclear Evacuation Route sign from HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane.
Howden’s CO2 Circulator Drawings
A book of drawings of CO2 circulators from various early British nuclear power stations, made by James Howden & Co of Scotland Street, Glasgow.
AEAC Dounreay Dog Section Badge
An enamel badge from the Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary police dog section at the Dounreay nuclear power research facility in Caithness.
U-235 Glove Box Panel
A Perspex front panel from a glovebox – a sealed container used to manipulate dangerous substances – marked U-235 Fissile Material Storage.
Dounreay Reactor Lighter
In 1956, the Motherwell Bridge & Engineering Company built the containment sphere for the experimental Dounreay fast reactor, and to celebrate they had a few model spheres made, with a lighter inside!