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Oak Ridge really isn't a counterpart to Aldermaston, I don't think.
AWE Aldermston builds warheads using plutonium previously produced at Sellafield nuclear power plant in the 1970s to 1990s. AWE has a huge stock of Pu taken from the Chevaline warheads withdrawn from service on the Polaris submarine fleet in the early 1990s. Although a tiny amount of Pu is under IAEA Safeguards at Sellafield,the MoD will not send its Pu stockpile back to Sellafield to add into the Safguards regime. Neither will it have it inspected on the AWE site. It is therefore available to the military and used to build the occasional Trident warhead to keep up the workforce skills. It is also available if a follow-on-to-Trident warhead is built.
Note: Anybody discussing the article here, could you type four ~ characters after your comment to leave your name please. Also, please try to provide sources for any statements that are likely to need them. Thanks. Paddyohale 13:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Having read this article again, I'm thinking of rewriting it article in a more logical fashion over the summer, as it seems a bit messy and badly structured. Could anyone with anything to add post the link in here please? Cheers. Paddyohale 09:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I've reinserted the paragraph noting U.S. staffing contribute to doubts if UK is really an independent nuclear power. Note the paragraph doesn't say UK is not an independent nuclear power, just notes one of several sources that express these doubts; it is a factually correct paragraph I believe. Up to the 1980s I doubt any non-British citizen would be security cleared for any significant position in the UK nuclear weapons programme; to have the MD of the AWE operating company a U.S. citizen is a notable change to those days worth noting. We probably have few nuclear secrets from the U.S. now. Rwendland 16:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Tonymartin234567 19:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I think this article should include more information about the issues this site causes due to its proximity to residential population, rather than just mentioning that it is nearest town is Tadley, it is virtually IN Tadley. There is private housing and business premisis directly accross the road from the site, probably not more than 50 metres from one of the sites entrances. Local radiactivity and other obvious issues has been a big concern of residents local to AWE, although the AWE publishes leaflets claiming that radioactivity levels are lower at Aldermaston than the naturally occuring level in Cornwall.
Their leaflets also detail emergency procedures, automated telephone early warning systems to every local home and business, etc.
The site is linked by underground tunnel to the Burghfield site and Greenham Common air base, which used to be the main method of transporting ordanance. It is now transported above ground as a moving convoy with heavy police and fire service escort blocking roads, roundabouts etc to ensure the convey never comes to a standstill during transportation.
There are frequent CND demonstrations/camps on the 'lawn' outside the sites east entrance.
The site was once the subject of an episode of the Mark Thomas Product, where he hired a mobile tower crane, parked it outside the site to film the goings on within the site(on the surface at least) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.3.170.64 ( talk • contribs). 08:16, 4 October 2006
The AWE is one of the UK's premier siesmology detectors using the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty system(CTBT) designed orignially to detect underground nuclear explotions of 20 kilotons, it is now so sensative it can detect events of 10 tonnes and detects over 500,000 events each year, it detected the Boxing Day Asain Tsunami, and at the same time it also detected that the whole of the UK landmass increased in elevation by 15mm.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.3.170.64 ( talk • contribs). 08:33, 4 October 2006
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It may be hard to find a truly fair use image, as taking photographs from inside the facility is strictly prohibited, and from the outside all you would get is chain link fence of guards with semi-automatic rifles.-- Scuzzmonkey 11:59, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I've just uploaded an image of AWE which can be used here Image:AWE.jpg. Feel free to add it to the main article. Ivaneol ( talk) 20:05, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
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In the section "AWE's responsibilities", the fourth bullet point does not make sense: "To develop the skills, technologies and techniques that could underpin future arms limitation treaties but do not invest in their people". Specifically, the clause "do not invest in their people" has no subject. Who is that do not invest in their people? (I am unable to correct this error because I don't know what the author was trying to say.)
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Oak Ridge really isn't a counterpart to Aldermaston, I don't think.
AWE Aldermston builds warheads using plutonium previously produced at Sellafield nuclear power plant in the 1970s to 1990s. AWE has a huge stock of Pu taken from the Chevaline warheads withdrawn from service on the Polaris submarine fleet in the early 1990s. Although a tiny amount of Pu is under IAEA Safeguards at Sellafield,the MoD will not send its Pu stockpile back to Sellafield to add into the Safguards regime. Neither will it have it inspected on the AWE site. It is therefore available to the military and used to build the occasional Trident warhead to keep up the workforce skills. It is also available if a follow-on-to-Trident warhead is built.
Note: Anybody discussing the article here, could you type four ~ characters after your comment to leave your name please. Also, please try to provide sources for any statements that are likely to need them. Thanks. Paddyohale 13:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Having read this article again, I'm thinking of rewriting it article in a more logical fashion over the summer, as it seems a bit messy and badly structured. Could anyone with anything to add post the link in here please? Cheers. Paddyohale 09:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I've reinserted the paragraph noting U.S. staffing contribute to doubts if UK is really an independent nuclear power. Note the paragraph doesn't say UK is not an independent nuclear power, just notes one of several sources that express these doubts; it is a factually correct paragraph I believe. Up to the 1980s I doubt any non-British citizen would be security cleared for any significant position in the UK nuclear weapons programme; to have the MD of the AWE operating company a U.S. citizen is a notable change to those days worth noting. We probably have few nuclear secrets from the U.S. now. Rwendland 16:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Tonymartin234567 19:20, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I think this article should include more information about the issues this site causes due to its proximity to residential population, rather than just mentioning that it is nearest town is Tadley, it is virtually IN Tadley. There is private housing and business premisis directly accross the road from the site, probably not more than 50 metres from one of the sites entrances. Local radiactivity and other obvious issues has been a big concern of residents local to AWE, although the AWE publishes leaflets claiming that radioactivity levels are lower at Aldermaston than the naturally occuring level in Cornwall.
Their leaflets also detail emergency procedures, automated telephone early warning systems to every local home and business, etc.
The site is linked by underground tunnel to the Burghfield site and Greenham Common air base, which used to be the main method of transporting ordanance. It is now transported above ground as a moving convoy with heavy police and fire service escort blocking roads, roundabouts etc to ensure the convey never comes to a standstill during transportation.
There are frequent CND demonstrations/camps on the 'lawn' outside the sites east entrance.
The site was once the subject of an episode of the Mark Thomas Product, where he hired a mobile tower crane, parked it outside the site to film the goings on within the site(on the surface at least) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.3.170.64 ( talk • contribs). 08:16, 4 October 2006
The AWE is one of the UK's premier siesmology detectors using the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty system(CTBT) designed orignially to detect underground nuclear explotions of 20 kilotons, it is now so sensative it can detect events of 10 tonnes and detects over 500,000 events each year, it detected the Boxing Day Asain Tsunami, and at the same time it also detected that the whole of the UK landmass increased in elevation by 15mm.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.3.170.64 ( talk • contribs). 08:33, 4 October 2006
Image:AWE.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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It may be hard to find a truly fair use image, as taking photographs from inside the facility is strictly prohibited, and from the outside all you would get is chain link fence of guards with semi-automatic rifles.-- Scuzzmonkey 11:59, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
I've just uploaded an image of AWE which can be used here Image:AWE.jpg. Feel free to add it to the main article. Ivaneol ( talk) 20:05, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
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In the section "AWE's responsibilities", the fourth bullet point does not make sense: "To develop the skills, technologies and techniques that could underpin future arms limitation treaties but do not invest in their people". Specifically, the clause "do not invest in their people" has no subject. Who is that do not invest in their people? (I am unable to correct this error because I don't know what the author was trying to say.)