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NIRNS Committee papers

Confusingly, many of the NIRNS committees use the same numbering scheme for their papers and minutes.

1958
NI/63/22 (reissued): The Financing of University Experimental Work at the Rutherford Laboratory (Original 14 November 1958; amended 16 January 1959; this version issued with NI/63/12)
1960
NI(60)1: Reactors for universities: Interim report by the British Reactor Committee (February 1960) NI/60/11: Procedure for making permanent Research Appointments (2 June 1960)
1961
NI/61/1 Further details and proposals concerning an ATLAS computer (23 January 1961) NI/61/1 Addendum (8 February 1961) NI/61/2 and NI/PC/61/2: A 4 GeV Electron Synchrotron -- A proposal from the Physics Committee (9 and 22 February 1961) NI/61/3: Membership of Committees (22 February 1961) NI/61/4: University reactors (22 February 1961) NI/61/5: ATLAS Computer Proposal (22 February 1961) NI/61/6: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (1961, otherwise undated) NI/61/7: Common Seal as sketched by the Secretary WW Woodall (22 February 1961) NI/61/8: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (16 May 1961) NI/61/9: 4 GeV Electron Synchrotron (9 May 1961) NI/61/10: Proposed Helium Bubble Chamber (16 May 1961) NI/61/11: The ATLAS Computer Laboratory (10 May 1961) NI/61/12: Suggested membership of the Computer Committee (15 May 1961) NI/61/13: Financial powers of the GPC (15 May 1961) NI/61/14: Use of existing reactors for university research in physics (17 May 1961) NI/61/16: A 4 GeV Electron Synchrotron -- Revised paper (26 June 1961) NI/61/17: Management and staffing policy for the proposed Electron Synchrotron Laboratory (26 June 1961) NI/61/19: Draft annual report and accounts (July 1961) NI/61/20: Future expenditure by the NIRNS (29 August 1961) NI/61/21: Appointment of the Head of the Atlas Computer Laboratory (26 October 1961) NI/61/23: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (24 November 1961) NI/61/24: Working party on the Electron Laboratory -- Siting (21 November 1961) NI/61/26: Comparison of CERN expenditure and NIRNS Forecasts (27 November 1961)
1962
NI/62/1: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (27 February 1962) NI/62/2: Five-year Financial Forecast 1963/64 to 1967/68 (February 1962, addendum 20 March 1962) NI/62/5: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (11 May 1962) NI/62/6: Initial action on the Electron Laboratory (12 July 1962; includes suggestion that it is called the Thomson High Energy Laboratory); addendum Draft Press Statement (16 July 1962) NI/62/7: Letter from the Minister of Science concerning the Electron Laboratory (16 July 1962) NI/62/8: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (10 October 1962) NI/62/9: Progress with the Electron Laboratory (10 October 1962) NI/62/10: Proposed transfer of the National Hydrogen Bubble Chamber from the DSIR to the Institute (9 October 1962) NI/62/11: Duties of the Secretary (9 October 1962) NI/62/12: Theoretical Physicists at the NIRNS (18 October 1962; Letter from Prof Peierls to Prof Flowers concerning theoretical physicists on the staff) NI/62/13: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (29 November 1962) NI/62/14: Progress with the Electron Laboratory (30 November 1962) NI/62/15: Committees for the Electron Laboratory (30 November 1962) NI/62/16: The rate of construction of the Electron Laboratory (30 November 1962)
1963
NI/63/1: Membership of Committees (15 March 1963) NI/63/3: Progress at the Electron Laboratory (19 March 1963) NI/63/4: Financial Forecasts 1964/65 to 1968/79 -- Reconciliation statements and Amendment (15 March and 14 May 1963) NI/63/5: Annual Report 1962/63 (18 March 1963) NI/63/6: Buildings at the Electron Laboratory (23 March 1963) NI/63/7: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (8 July 1963) NI/63/8: Progress at the Electron Laboratory (4 July 1963) NI/63/9: European Accelerator Proposal: The future High Energy Physics Programme of Europe -- Report of a Working Party appointed by the DSIR/NIRNS Joint Consultative Panel for Nuclear Research at its meeting of 6th March 1963 ("The Flowers Report", 10 June 1963) NI/63/10: Submission and acknowledgement of the Five-Year Expenditure Forecast. Copies of letters between Lords Hailsham and Bridges (21 June 1963; also 22 May and 11 June) NI/63/11: DSIR Report of the Working Party on Nuclear Structure Research SECOND DRAFT (21 June 1963) NI/63/11: Proposals for Nuclear Structure Research -- Note by the Secretary concerning letter from C Jolliffe (5 and 10 December 1963) NI/63/12: The Financing of University Experimental Work at Institute Laboratories (21 June 1963; refers to NI/58/22) NI/63/13: Rutherford Laboratory Budget 1963/64 (8 July 1963) NI/63/14: Report on the Institute's Financial Situation and Estimates (23 October 1963) NI/63/15: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (23 October 1963) NI/63/17: Comments on the Expenditure of the Rutherford Laboratory and comparison with CERN (JB Adams and JM Cassels, ?1 October 1963) NI/63/18: Estimate of Expenditure 1964/65 and Forecast Estimates 1965/66 and 1966/67; Appendix: The NIRNS Programme for 1964/65 (October 1963) NI/63/19: Report of the Robbins Committee -- Covering note by the Secretary (23 October 1963) NI/63/21: A High Flux Reactor for Solid State Research (21 October 1963) NI/63/22: The naming of the Electron Laboratory (17? October 1963; Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory was recommended) NI/63/23: The Trend Committee's Report as it affects the NIRNS (28 November 1963) NI/63/24: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (December 1963) NI/63/25: Progress at the Daresbury Laboratory (2 December 1963)
1964
NI/64/1: Suggested imbalance between the support of Nuclear and Non-nuclear Research in the Universities; letter from C Jolliffe (30 January 1964, 5 December 1963) NI/64/2: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (10 March 1964) NI/64/4: Review of the Institute's programme, note by John Cockcroft (3 March 1964) NI/64/6: Five-year forecast of expenditure and staff numbers 1965-70 (5 March 1964) NI/64/7: Progress at the Rutherford Laboratory (15 September 1964) NI/64/11: Recommendations by the Physics Committee concerning Bubble Chamber film analysis equipment, notes by John Cockcroft, JAV Willis, LB Mullett (11 September 1964) NI/64/12: Working Party on computers for Nuclear Physics, note by BH Flowers (1 September 1964) NI/64/13: NIRNS Financial agreements with universities, note by AW Merrison and TG Pickavance (1 September 1964) NI/64/14: Forecast expenditure of the Rutherford Laboratory 1964/65 and comparison with CERN 1964 (11 September 1964) NI/64/15: High Flux Neutron Source -- Report of meeting held on 3rd July 1964, papers from Cockcroft, Lomer, Vick, Mitchell (28 October 1964)
1965
NI/65/1: The future organisation for nuclear physics (28 January 1965) NI/65/3: Residual items of business (1 February 1965)

NI-57-01 Belgrave Square, London (2 March 1957) NI-57-02 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (17 May 1957) NI-57-03 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (19 July 1957) NI-57-04 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (30 September 1957) NI-57-05 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (12 November 1957) NI-58-01 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (28 January 1958) NI-58-02 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (1 April 1958) NI-58-03 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (13 June 1958) NI-58-04 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (3 October 1958) NI-59-01 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (16 January 1959) NI-59-02 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (20 April 1959) NI-59-03 Including NI-GP-59-03, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (29 July 1959) NI-59-04 Treasury Buildings, Whitehall (20 November 1959) NI-60-01 Treasury, Whitehall (10 March 1960) NI-60-02 RHEL (20 June 1960) NI-60-03 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (15 November 1960) NI-61-00 Special Meeting, Charles House, Regent Street (30 January 1961) NI-61-01 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (9 March 1961) NI-61-02 Rutherford Laboratory (24 May 1961) NI-61-03 Royal Fine Art Commission (4 July 1961) NI-61-04 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (18 September 1961) NI-61-05 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (6 December 1961) NI-62-01 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (9 March 1962) NI-62-02 RHEL (22 May 1962) NI-62-03 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (18 July 1962) NI-62-04 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (22 October 1962) NI-62-05 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (10 December 1962) NI-63-01 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (28 March 1963) NI-63-02 RHEL (15 July 1963) NI-63-03 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (29 October 1963) NI-63-04 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (9 December 1963) NI-64-01 Old Palace Yard, Westminster (16 March 1964) NI-64-02 Carlton Gardens, London (22 September 1964) NI-65-01 Carlton Gardens, London (8 February 1965)

1957
Minutes of the Northern Universities Accelerator Group meeting held in Liverpool (17 December 1957) Proposal for Northern Site for National Institute for Nuclear Physics and covering note from Skinner; includes a third-angle projection of the site for a 3 BeV Spiral Ridge Cyclotron (20 December 1957)
1958
Minutes of Northern Universities Accelerator Group meeting held in Birmingham (6 August 1958) Letter from Lesley Mullett to Prof Skinner reporting on the DESY accelerator (5 September 1958)
1959
Draft proposal for a second, northern site for NIRNS including siting, advisory committee and possible characteristics of the accelerator (undated but refers to four meetings of some northern accelerator committee) High Energy Electron Linear Accelerator (talk given at National Institute Accelerator Symposium by JC Gunn, Glasgow, July 1959)
1960
Proposed accelerator developments at Glasgow (anonymous but assumed to be John Gunn; undated so unclear whether this is paper no.5 for the meeting on 16th March) Working Party on Future Accelerator Policy (Agenda for meeting to be held in Liverpool on 16 March 1960) Further accelerators in the UK (Mullett, Paper no.1, 16 March 1960) Notes on AG Proton Synchrotrons (Hine, Paper no.2, 16 March 1960) Some factors in high intensity beams (Galbraith and Morgan, Paper no.3, 16 March 1960) The possibility of neutrino experiments (Salam and Matthews, Paper no.4, 16 March 1960) A note on the extension of the Rutherford Laboratory Proton Linear Accelerator (Stafford, Paper no.6, 16 March 1960) Working Party on future accelerator policy (ToR and notes from Stafford, 16 March 1960) Remarks from M Snowden (for meeting on 16 March 1960) Minutes of Working Party on Future Accelerator Policy held in Liverpool (27 and 28 March 1960) Working Party on Electron Accelerator in GeV Energy Range (Papers and minutes for meeting at Liverpool including note on Storage Rings by Rutherglen, production and use of annihilation beams by Binnie and K+ Electroproduction by Williams, 28 September 1960)

Notes for initial allocation of machine time for experiments on Nimrod (includes table for comparison of requirements, 15 August 1963) Note from Taylor to Stafford concerning recent accelerator developments (4 September 1963) Outline of Nimrod commissioning programme compiled from Nimrod commissioning meeting no.45 (9 September 1963) Initial HEP program for Nimrod: Notes for Experiments Committee from standpoint of Machine Operations (Note from Hobbis; Outline of Nimrod commissioning and recommended scheduling policy to December 1964; 10 September 1963)

General and Quarterly Financial Statements not scanned: NI(GP)(59)2, NI(GP)(59)14, NI/GP/62/1, NI/GP/62/2, NI/GP/62/11, NI/GP/62/12 also PSPC/P96, NI/GP/62/21, NI/GP/62/27, NI/GP/62/34, NI-GP-63-18, NI-GP-63-23

1957
NI(GP)(57)3 Main buildings for the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (6 November 1957) NI(GP)(57)4 Quarterly statement (Proposal to contract Wharton Crane and Hoist Co. to develop and supply radial crane as for Dido and Pluto, 7 November 1957) NI(GP)(57)5 Special motion cranes for the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (6 November 1957) NI(GP)(57)6 Ancillary building for the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (Proposal for Arcon-type building from Taylor Woodrow for preliminary assembly of accelerator components that can then be re-utilised as mechanical and electrical workshop, 7 November 1957) NI(GP)(57)7 Miscellaneous cranes for the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (6 November 1957) NI(GP)(57)8 Mechanical ventilation and air conditioning plant for the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (6 November 1957) NI(GP)(57)9 Contract for the ferrite for the 7 GeV machine (10 December 1957)
1958
NI(GP)(58)1 Magnet yoke for the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron: Contract with Joseph Sankey and Sons Ltd (Includes cost of modifications, 14 January 1958) NI(GP)(58)2 Quarterly statement no.2 (11 February 1958) NI(GP)(58)3 Power supply plant for the Magnet Excitation of the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (21 February 1958) NI(GP)(58)4 Additional earth shielding for the Main Building (Request for an additional 10 feet of earth shielding over main building; includes presumed cross-section through mound, 17 February 1958) NI(GP)(58)5 Approval of visits (Mechanism for approval of visits, particularly those overseas, 18 February 1958) NI(GP)(58)6 Vacuum pumping equipment for the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (Proposal to contract Edwards, 2? April 1958) NI(GP)(58)7 and PSPC/P15 Increased estimate/Quarterly summary of cost of Main Building for the 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (Revised estimates paper by GW Dixon, 15 May 1958) NI(GP)(58)8 Quarterly statement no.3 (14 May 1958) NI(GP)(58)9 Housing and hostel arrangements for the Rutherford Laboratory (Estimates, requirements, 2 July 1958) NI(GP)(58)10 Quarterly statement no.4 (Only cover page scanned, 18 July 1958) NI(GP)(58)11 and PSPC/P20 Magnet Power Supply (Proposal, costs and sketch, note from Percy Bowles, July 1958) NI(GP)(58)12 and H.58/348X Statement of expenditure 1957/58 (Prepared by UKAEA on behalf of NIRNS for year ended 31 March 1958) NI(GP)(58)13 Estimates of capital expenditure in 1959/60 and forecast estimates for 1960/61 and 1961/62 (18 July 1958) NI(GP)(58)16 Quarterly statement no.5 (Revised, 24 September 1958) NI(GP)(58)17 Proposed extension to Proton Linear Accelerator building (Original design included earth bank for radiation shielding now changed to concrete plus additional light building for plant including 14-foot high klystron valves, 9 October 1958) NI(GP)(58)18 Equipment for nuclear research on the Proton Synchrotron (Requirement for fixed services for LHBC including motor generators for magnet, hydrogen gas compressors and 17,000 cubit feet dump tank, 9 October 1958) NI(GP)(58)19 Estimate of recurrent expenditure 1959/60 (16 October 1958) NI(GP)(58)20 Control of expenditure (16 October 1958) NI(GP)(58)21 and PSPC/P27 Summary of negotiation with the English Electric Co. on the contractual price for the Rotary Plant for the Magnet Power Supply (14 November 1958) NI(GP)(58)22 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron contracts (Report on tenders for copper bar, 18 November 1958) NI(GP)(58)23 and PSPC/P32 Vacuum equipment for the Injector (Tenders and proposal, 1 December 1958)
1959
NI(GP)(59)1 also PSPC/P33 Design and manufacture of the main vacuum chamber (9 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)3 Quarterly General Financial Statement (30 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)4 Second phase of building at Rutherford Laboratory (Original number of staff underestimated, AERE staff should have accommodation within Laboratory, need for additional buildings (30 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)5 Coseners House: Modification and refurnishing (29 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)6 Proposed flats for visitors working at the Rutherford Laboratory (A scheme for twelve three-bedroom flats at Rush Common, Abingdon, costing approximately 45,000 pounds excluding loose furniture, 29 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)7 Patents (Patents policy and discussion of Government and universities practices, 26 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)8 Secretariat staff (Proposed appointment of scientific and general administration, and finance posts, 23 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)9 Appointment of short-term staff (Selection board, assistance of AERE recruitment, secondment to accelerators in the US and USSR, draft vacancy notice, 29 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)10 DC generators for magnet testing and Bubble Chamber (Four generators from English Electric Co to be used for testing magnet octants until 1961 then for magnet, 1 February 1959) NI(GP)(59)11 Increased estimate of cost of the Proton Linear Accelerator Klystron Building (May 1959) NI(GP)(59)12 Capital expenditure estimates 1959/60 (21 May 1959) NI(GP)(59)13 Quarterly statement no.7 (Includes list of large components and manufacturers/suppliers, 9 June 1959) NI(GP)(59)15 Family accommodation for Visiting Scientists (Need for short- and longer-term accommodation for staff and visitors, especially for staff coming from abroad and for summer programmes, June 1959) NI(GP)(59)16 Proposed building contracts for workshop extension and heavy equipment store (Part of Phase II to add a second Arcon building provided by Taylor Woodrow, 8 June 1959) NI(GP)(59)17 Proposed contracts (Electrical installation, FH Wheeler Ltd, 100,000 pounds; Magnet coil developments, MetroVick, 18,480 pounds; Build-up plates for magnet sectors, Sankeys, 36,000 pounds, 4 June 1959) NI(GP)(59)18 also PSPC/P41 Electrical Distribution Switchgear for the Rutherford Laboratories (Pulsating nature of the load has necessitated separate feed from the Grid, other circuits needed following more detailed specifications, 10 June 1959) NI(GP)(59)18b also PSPC/P50 Proposed contracts for approval (Drift tube assemblies, BO Morris, 55,703 pounds; hydrogen compressors, Brotherhood Ltd, 17,500 pounds, ? July 1959) NI(GP)(59)19 also PSPC/P49 The main surface water drainage scheme for the Proton Synchrotron area of the Rutherford Laboratory (Revision of scheme following long-term observations of soakaways, consultation with Met Office and Merz and McLellan; includes plan of two possible routes, 11 June 1959) NI(GP)(59)21 Appointment of consultants for the Phase II Building Scheme (Merz and McLellan design consultants, Faulkner and Partners quantity surveyors, 8 July 1959) NI(GP)(59)23 also PSPC/P51 Alteration to the Magnet Power Supply contract for Nimrod (Highly desirable change to the magnet current waveform requires upgrade to interphase reactor designed by Brown Boveri, 17 July 1959) NI(GP)(59)26 also PSPC/P46 Main pole pieces for Nimrod (Tenders received, discussion, amended costs, recommendation to accept English Electric at a fixed cost of 226,959 pounds, 20 July 1959) NI(GP)(59)27 Institute accounts: Note by Sir Donald Perrott (Discusses the form of accounts for the Institute which came into legal existence on 23 June 1958, 23 July 1959) NI(GP)(59)28 Civil engineering and building contract for the Phase II building at the Rutherford Laboratory (Chivers contract will be extended at a cost of 330,000 pounds because a second contractor on site would cause complications; see also NI(GP)(59)37, 27 July 1959) NI(GP)(59)29 Spare magnet sectors for Nimrod (Five additional sectors required from Sankeys as spares, 24 August 1959) NI(GP)(59)30 also PSPC/P54 Nimrod Quarterly Statement no.8 (Includes list of suppliers, 9 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)31 also PSPC/P52 Revision of Nimrod estimate (Revision of finances now that estimates are becoming more reliable, 9 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)32 also NEPC/P6 Nuclear Equipment Project Committee Quarterly Statement no.1 (1 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)33 Quarterly General Financial Statement (Estimated net underspend compared with the grant is 600,000 pounds, 8 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)34 Control of NIRNS expenditure (Institute budget is subhead of Atomic Energy Vote; banking, signing powers, project officers, 6 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)35 Proposed Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber (Note by the Secretary, 9 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)36 Rutherford Laboratory non-industrial staff accommodation (350 non-industrial staff were anticipated but by taking-over some services from AERE, the staff complement is estimated to be 680 by 1963; a permanent building cannot be erected in time so plan for a better prefabricated building for 120 people to the south of site costing 45,000 pounds, 14 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)37 Civil engineering and building contract for the Phase II buildings at the Rutherford Laboratory (Contract extension to be awarded to Chivers; their offer to extend the work on the same terms as for Phase I has had to be withdrawn so new costs and contract apply, 14 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)38 Request for approval to purchase a 1024 channel pulse amplitude analyser (Use of AERE-designed instrument to speed-up analysis of PLA and Nimrod data; cost 12,000 pounds (undated) NI(GP)(59)39 Increased NIRNS staff complement for 1959/60 (Staff complement has been increased to 41 allocated posts by secondment from AERE, 9 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)40 Modifications to Coseners House (Four firms invited to tender but only Chivers replied and this too late; invitations extended a second time, 14 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)41 Preparatory work for future extension of Experimental Area (Second experimental area required urgently because Nimrod now at capacity; to run east-west; difficult to tunnel through earth mounding so concrete tunnel being added now; sketch included, 14 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)42 Building for Ancillary Maintenance Services (Additional building required for instrument and electronics workshop, instrument store, carpenters workshop, degreasing plant, paint store an charging station for batteries and trucks; some risk of fire, fumes etc so separate from Arcon building R8; need not be as high; rerouting of access road; sketch included, 14 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)43 also PSPC/P56 Additional requirements for Nimrod power supply (Following failure of Bevatron power supply, re-examination of Nimrod power supply and recommended improvements and to enable single-alternator working, 1? October 1959) NI(GP)(59)44 also PSPC/P55 The main vacuum chamber for Nimrod (Revision of estimates following complete change of approach in design, 14 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)45 also PSPC/P47 Additional work on Nimrod magnet sectors (Increased costs due to necessary modifications by Sankeys, 14 October 1959) NI(GP)(59)46 Foundations for the Rotating Plant for Nimrod Magnet Power Supply (Design of foundation block can now be completed with assistance from Merz and McLellan, description of technical issues estimated cost and diagram, 7 November 1959) NI(GP)(59)48 also PSPC/P59 Octant end bracket assemblies (Following redesign, contract for manufacture to be placed with Newburgh Engineering Company Ltd, 15 December 1959)
1960
NI(GP)(60)1 Quarterly General Financial Statement (21 January 1960) NI(GP)(60)2 also PSPC/P58 Nimrod Project: Quarterly Statement no.9 (22 December 1959) NI(GP)(60)3 Building estimates for Nimrod (Detailed review of building estimates, 5 February 1960) NI(GP)(60)5 also NEPC/P14 Nuclear Physics Equipment: Quarterly Statement no.2 (6 January 1960) NI(GP)(60)6 also NEPC/P13 Nuclear Physics Equipment: Visual techniques (Request for approval of an automatic track measuring machines, 20 January 1960) NI(GP)(60)7 Nuclear Physics Equipment: Electronic techniques (Experimental cables linking stations around Nimrod, 28 January 1960) NI(GP)(60)8 also NEPC/P11 Nuclear Physics Equipment: Nimrod beam handling plant (20 January 1960) NI(GP)(60)9 Proposed extension to the Proton Linear Accelerator buildings (Plans to provide better access to the building, add workshop and stores facilities and Radiochemistry Building; includes plan B5633, undated) NI(GP)(60)10 Extension to Nimrod Control Room Building (Additional counting rooms, combined control room for Hydrogen and Heavy Liquid Bubble Chambers, 21 January 1960) NI(GP)(60)11 Flats at Coseners House (1 February 1960) NI(GP)(60)12 Houses for Rutherford Laboratory staff (4 February 1960) NI(GP)(60)14 Proposed Orion computer for the Rutherford Laboratory (Purchase of a Ferranti Orion for 301,000 pounds, 1 February 1960) NI(GP)(60)15 Feasibility study of scintillation counter matrices for the evaluation of elementary particle reactions (1 February 1960) NI(GP)(60)16 Entertainment allowance for the Director, Rutherford Laboratory (21 January 1960) NI(GP)(60)17 New steam main (Following completion of Phase I buildings, steam requirements found to be inadequate so new steam main required at estimated cost of 20,000 pounds to Laboratory; includes sketch of routing from B220, 15 March 1960) NI(GP)(60)19 also PSPC/P60 Machine estimates for Nimrod (Review of costs and issues for each of the main components, 4 May 1960) NI(GP)(60)20 also PSPC/P65 Main Vacuum Chamber for Nimrod (Includes summary of development work and itemised costs, 4 May 1960) NI/GP/60/21 Multiple correlation recording equipment (Plessey Nucleonics Ltd data recording equipment, 2 May 1960) NI/GP/60/22 Type 1691A Pulse Amplitude Analyser for the PLA (2 May 1960) NI/GP/60/23 Rutherford Laboratory Restaurant (Includes costs of canteens at other sites, 4 May 1960) NI/GP/60/24 Rutherford Laboratory Site Services: Additional roads, car parks and fences (28 April 1960) NI/GP/60/25 Extension to the Proton Linear Accelerator buildings (4 May 1960) NI/GP/60/26 also PSPC/P66 Proposed contract for Ripple Filter Transformers for Nimrod (Contract with AEI, equipment required for power supply, 30 May 1960) NI/GP/60/27 also PSPC/P67 Main Pole Face Windings for Nimrod (Contract with Marston Excelsior, 29 June 1980) NI/GP/60/28 Proposed agreement covering work at Oxford University on intense separated beams from Nimrod (20 July 1960) NI/GP/60/29 also PSPC/P70 Three Nimrod plant contracts (RF drive chain, power supply foundation block and main vacuum chamber, 26 July 1960) NI/GP/60/30 Nimrod Project Quarterly Statement no.11 (29 July 1960) NI/GP/60/31 Pipes and valves for Hydrogen Bubble Chamber Services (Contract to be placed with IV Pressure Controllers Ltd, 16 August 1960) NI/GP/60/32 Roads, car parks and fences at the Rutherford Laboratory (Re-examination of costs, 24 August 1960) NI/GP/60/33 also PSPC/P73 Nimrod Magnet Coil Installation (Contract to be placed with AEI, previously known as Metropolitan Vickers, 22 and 30 August 1960) NI/GP/60/34 Test equipment for 1 MW valves for the PLA (Contract for refurbishment of AERE Harwell unit by John I Thorneycroft and Co Ltd, 29 August 1960) NI/GP/60/35 General financial statement (19 September 1960) NI/GP/60/36 Estimates of Capital and Non-Capital Expenditure 1961/62 and Forecast Estimates 1962/63 and 1963/64 (1 September 1960) NI/GP/60/37 Staff complement for the Rutherford Laboratory (undated, assumed to be September 1960) NI/GP/60/38 Civil engineering and building contract for various buildings at the Rutherford Laboratory (Additional contracts for HLBC annexe, Nimrod Control Room extension, Orion computer building and extension to PLA building, 30 August 1960) NI/GP/60/39 Banking arrangements (NIRNS will take over from AERE payment of contractors on 1 April 1960; Lloyds Bank adjacent to AERE is prepared to accept this on same terms as for AERE, 15 September 1960) NI/GP/60/40 Houses for Rutherford Laboratory staff (20 September 1960) NI/GP/60/41 Arcon building extension: Heavy Laboratories (Extension to R9 for testing of nuclear equipment and for accelerator research, 28 September 1960) NI/GP/60/42 Bubble Chamber plant room (Explanation of estimated cost and draft of explanatory note, 27 October 1960) NI/GP/60/43 Development of Cerenkov chambers at Southampton University for use with Nimrod (13 September 1960) NI/GP/60/44 Magnet plunging mechanism for Nimrod proton beam extraction (Details of tenders, 26 September 1960) NI/GP/60/45 Request for increased limits of expenditure on two contracts for Nimrod Building Services (Duplicate paper number; 1 November 1960) NI/GP/60/45 also PSPC/P74 Development contract with Marston Excelsior Ltd for the main vacuum chamber (Duplicate paper number; Progress report and revised costs, 30 September 1960) NI/GP/60/46 Development of Spark Chambers for use with Nimrod (30 November 1960) NI/GP/60/47 also PSPC/P78 Nimrod vacuum chamber (Includes progress report, 9 December 1960) NI/GP/60/48 Additional office accommodation at the Rutherford Laboratory (Extension to R20 including sketch, 23 December 1960)
1961
NI(GP)(61)7 Accommodation for Nimrod Operations staff: Extension to Building R2 (Includes floor plans and architects drawing, 2 February 1961) NI(GP)(61)9 Additional office accommodation at the Rutherford Laboratory (General review of accommodation and expected staff numbers, 27 January 1961)
1962
NI/GP/62/3 Increased cost of the building for the Atlas Computer (19 December 1961) NI/GP/62/4 Extension to Building R12 (15 December 1961) NI/GP/62/5 Rutherford Laboratory Restaurant (revision of estimates, 19 December 1961) NI/GP/62/6 Fees on Phase II at the Rutherford Laboratory (R1 extension and link, R9 Main Workshop, Hydrogen Bubble Chamber Plant Room, 19 December 1961) NI/GP/62/7 Approval powers: Foreign currency (20 December 1961) NI/GP/62/8 Contract for the use of the AEI Merlin Reactor (20 December 1961) NI/GP/62/9 Report on an enquiry into the Rutherford Laboratory Restaurant Scheme (13 February 1962) NI/GP/62/10 Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber Magnet: Tender information (23 February 1962) NI/GP/62/13 also PSPC/P97 Nimrod Vacuum Chamber being manufactured at Marston Excelsior Ltd (includes details of contract renegotiation, 7 March 1962) NI/GP/62/14 Extension to Building R12 (24? March 1962) NI/GP/62/15 Fees charged by Southern Works Organisation (23 March 1962) NI/GP/62/16 Rutherford Laboratory Electrical Power Distribution Network (8 March 1962) NI/GP/62/17 Nimrod Beam Transport Plant: Parasitic Area (7 March 1962) NI/GP/62/18 Shaping of the large spoil heap at the Rutherford Laboratory (? March 1962) NI/GP/62/19 Budgets for 1962/63: Note by the Secretary (12 March 1962) NI/GP/62/20 Spare vessels for the Nimrod Vacuum Chamber (outlines issues that may arise and detriment to programme if replacements delayed, 24 April 1962) NI/GP/62/22 Increased capacity for the Rutherford Laboratory electrical supplies (7 June 1962) NI/GP/62/23 Lecture Theatre (revised costings, building and location plan, 23 August 1962) NI/GP/62/24 Helium Bubble Chamber Project: Note by TG Pickavance (16 July 1962) NI/GP/62/25 Hostels for university visitors (Coseners House will soon be insufficient so consider Chilton House or Lime Tree House, 2 August 1962) NI/GP/62/26 Additional office and laboratory requirements at the Rutherford Laboratory (nearly 20,000 sq ft office and laboratory space required; includes note from Stafford, ?4 September 1962) NI/GP/62/28 Estimates of capital and non-capital expenditure 1963/64 and forecast estimates 1964/65 and 1965/66 (3 September 1962) NI/GP/62/29 Revised five-year financial forecast 1963/64 to 1967/68 (3 September 1962) NI/GP/62/30 Stores and Storage Building proposals at the Rutherford Laboratory (? September 1962) NI/GP/62/31 Extension to Building R18 at Rutherford Laboratory (includes cost estimates, building and location plan, 31 August 1962) NI/GP/62/32 Extension to Building R18 at Rutherford Laboratory (16 October 1962) NI/GP/62/33 Housing at Rush Common, Abingdon (2 November 1962) NI/GP/62/35 Approval powers for the Atlas Computer Laboratory (7 November 1962) NI/GP/62/36 Lecture Theatre (changes since August, 8 November 1962) NI/GP/62/37 Rutherford Laboratory electrical power distribution network: Note by Bowles (7 November 1962) NI/GP/62/38 Refrigerator for Helium Bubble Chamber (30 November 1962) NI/GP/62/39 Experimental cables for Nimrod (29 November 1962)
1963
NI/GP/63/2 Five-year financial forecast 1964/65 to 1968/69 (31 January 1963) NI/GP/63/3 Stores Accommodation (the receipt, packing and despatch area in R1 is inadequate and access is difficult; AERE are encouraging the Laboratory to set up its own metal-cutting facilities; R24 Plant Store is being enhanced by construction of a mezzanine floor but this will still be inadequate; a new building is recommended for all of these purposes, 30 January 1963) NI/GP/63/4 Proposed overtime working (Reinstatement of overtime after delays caused by bad weather, 31 January 1963) NI/GP/63/5 Rutherford Laboratory Restaurant (Selection of a commercial catering company for management of the Restaurant, 4 February 1963) NI/GP/63/6 Budgets for travel abroad and for entertainment (1 February 1963) NI/GP/63/7 Hostel accommodation for university visitors (Discusses extension/conversion of Coseners, Chilton and Lime Tree Houses, 4 February 1963) NI/GP/63/8 Increased estimate for the Electron Laboratory (Overview of buildings required and revised estimates, 24 April 1963) NI/GP/63/9 General Financial Statement 1962/63 (29 April 1963) NI/GP/63/10 Five-year financial forecast 1964/65 to 1968/69: Final text (10 June 1963) NI/GP/63/11 Approval of contracts for the Electron Laboratory (29 April 1963) NI/GP/63/12 Stores accommodation (Proposal for a very heavy plant store to supplement R24, the walls of which can support only a crane for less heavy items, 1 May 1963) NI/GP/63/13 Rutherford Laboratory Electronics and Office Building (Outline and estimates costs for two buildings, 29 April 1963) NI/GP/63/14 Merz and McLellan Fees on Nimrod Phase I Buildings (Note concerning the delayed under-estimated costs by these consultants, 29 April 1963) NI/GP/63/15 Fees charged by Southern Works Organisation (2 May 1963) NI/GP/63/16 Overhead travelling cranes for the Electron Laboratory (3 May 1963) NI/GP/63/17 and NPC/P/4 Radio-frequency Power Amplifier Tubes for NINA (3 May 1963) NI/GP/63/19 Estimate of Expenditure 1964/65 and Forecast Estimates 1965/66 and 1966/67 (30 August 1963) NI/GP/63/20 SWO fees on "Package" Contracts (12 August 1963) NI/GP/63/21 Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber Project (Note by LB Mullett on progress and costs, 30 August 1963) NI/GP/63/22 A discussion at the Minister for Science's Office on 26.9.63 (Merrison and Pickavance, 7 October 1963)
1964
NI/GP/64/1 General Financial Statement 1963/64 (28 January 1964) NI/GP/64/2 Five-year forecast of staff numbers and expenditure 1965/70 (27 January 1964) NI/GP/64/3 Effect of university expansion on Rutherford Laboratory budgets (Pickavance, 24 January 1964) NI/GP/64/4 Proposal for an Assembly Laboratory at Daresbury (23 January 1964) NI/GP/64/5 Banking arrangements at the Daresbury Laboratory (16 January 1964) NI/GP/64/6 Use of AEA houses and hostel places for Daresbury Laboratory (23 January 1964) NI/GP/64/7 Estimate for Daresbury Laboratory (24 January 1964) NI/GP/64/8 Chilton House (Plan and conversion estimates, 22 January 1964) NI/GP/64/9 Recent Ministerial correspondence on NIRNS finance (includes correspondence with Hudspith, AEA (27 January 1964) NI/GP/64/11 Nimrod Magnet Room north access (18 March 1964) NI/GP/64/14 A test building for experimental apparatus using hydrogen (6 April 1964)

Meetings:
57-1: Lord Bridges' office, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:30pm Friday 6 September 1957
57-2: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:30pm Monday 11 November 1957
58-3: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:30pm Monday 24 February 1958
58-2: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:45pm Friday 23 May 1958
58-3: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:45pm Tuesday 22 July 1958
59-S: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 4:15pm Friday 16 January 1959
59-1: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:45pm Monday 9 February 1959
59-2: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:45pm Monday 15 June 1959
59-3: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:45pm Wednesday 29 July 1959
59-4: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 11am Thursday 22 October 1959
60-1: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall at 2:45pm Thursday 11 February 1960 (Papers: 59/46, 59/48, 60/1, 60/2, 60/3, 60/4, 60/5, 60/6, 60/7, 60/8, 60/9, 60/10, 60/11, 60/12, 60/14, 60/15, 60/16)
60-2: Board Room, Treasury Buildings, Whitehall Thursday 12 May 1960 (60/17, 60/18, 60/19, 60/20, 60/21, 60/22, 60/23, 60/24, 60/25)
60-3: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster Friday 7 October 1960 (60/26, 60/27, 60/28, 60/29, 60/31, 60/32, 60/33, 60/34, 60/38, 60/43, 60/44, 60/45, 60/35, 60/36, 60/37, 60/39, 60/40, 60/41, 60/30, 60/42)
61-1: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster at 11am Friday 10 February 1960 (60/42, 61/1, 61/2, 61/3, 61/4, 61/5, 61/6, 61/7, 61/8, 61/9, 61/11, 61/12, 61/13, 61/14)
61-2: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster 21 April 1961 (61/16, 61/17, 61/18, 61/18, 61/20, 61/21, 61/22, 61/23, 61/24, 61/25, 61/26, 61/27)
61-3: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster 20 July 1961 (61/28, 61/29, 61/30, 61/31, 61/32, 61/33, 61/34, 61/35, 61/36, 61/37, 61/38, 61/39)
61-4: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster 2 October 1961 (61/40, 61/41, 61/42, 61/43, 61/44, 61/45, 61/46)
62-1: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster 9 January 1962 (61/47, 61/48, 61/49, 62/1, 62/2, 62/3, 62/4, 62/5, 62/6, 62/7, 62/8)
62-2: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster 29 March 1962 (62/9, 62/10, 62/11, 62/12, 62/13, 62/9, 62/14, 62/15, 62/16, 62/17, 62/18, 62/19)
62-3: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster 20 September 1962 (62/20, 62/21, 62/22, 62/24, 62/27, 62/28, 62/29, 62/23, 62/25, 62/26, 62/31, 62/30)
62-4: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster 20 November 1962 (62/32, 62/33, 62/34, 62/35, 62/36, 62/37)
63-1: Royal Fine Art Commission, 5 Old Palace Yard, Westminster 18 February 1963 (Minutes not found. Papers: 62/38, 62/39, 63/4, 63/1, 63/2, 63/3, 63/5, 63/6, 63/7)

1957
NI(GP)(57)1 Magnet yoke contract and press release, approval of future contracts, progress of 7 GeV machine (6 September 1957) NI(GP)(57)2 Main buildings for the Proton Synchrotron, special motion and other cranes, ancillary building, ventilation and air conditioning plant, quarterly statement no.1, general progress (11 November 1957)
1958
NI(GP)(58)1 Ferrite contract placed with Phillips, magnet yoke contract placed with Sankeys, quarterly financial statement, power supply, additional 10 foot earth shielding (24 February 1958) NI(GP)(58)2 Brown Boveri and English Electric hard at work, press notices to be issued, vacuum pumping equipment with Edwards, increased buildings estimate due to recalculation of steel required for unusual structure of magnet room, discussion on handling slow-down of work if increases prove excessive, quarterly financial statement (23 May 1958) NI(GP)(58)3 Housing and hostel arrangements including possible transfer of Coseners House from AEA to NIRNS, finance and expenditure prepared by UKAEA on behalf of the Institute, magnet power supply alternative design, capital estimates and possible second laboratory at airfield site, Philip Morris replaced by Dr Aitken (22 July 1958) NI(GP)(58)4 Transfer of Coseners House from AEA to NIRNS, magnet power supply contract discussions with English Electric, quarterly financial statement and discussion of additional expenditures, extension to PLA building and use of concrete wall rather then earth shielding on south side, equipment for nuclear research on proton synchrotron, 100 pound entertainment allowance for the Director, control of expenditure, patents policy (22 July 1958)
1959
NI(GP)(59)S Main vacuum vessel for the 7 GeV proton synchrotron special meeting to discuss contracts and development firms (16 January 1959) NI(GP)(59)1 Quarterly financial statement and increase for vacuum chamber, Phase II building work paper 59/4, refurbishing of Coseners House, flats for visitors, patents, short-term staff, contract for four motor generators to General Electric Co (9 February 1959) NI(GP)(59)2 Treasury approval for Phase II buildings, appointments offered to four applicants for fixed-term research posts and three had accepted, capital estimate, quarterly estimate will increase in Q1 1959 as PLA is taken over from AERE to Institute, design study at UCL for propane bubble chamber, family accommodation for visiting scientists as Coseners House will not be sufficient, contract with Taylor Woodrow for Arcon building and Chivers for construction of Arcon building including concrete floors etc, contract with FH Wheeler Ltd for electrical installation, MetroVick, and with Sankeys for magnet plates, new scheme for drainage of water from buildings as original soakaways proved to be insufficient after a particularly heavy storm (15 June 1959) NI(GP)(59)3 Proposed contract for magnet pole pieces with English Electric Co, staffing proposals as consequence of AEA policy change paper 59/22, possible second site, university research reactors still under discussion, contract for Phase II buildings to go to Chivers as a second contractor would create intolerable confusion, tercentenary of Royal Society, housing for staff (29 July 1959) NI(GP)(59)4 Design of magnet now incorporates lessons learned from Cosmotron, half the required amount of stell has been bought, five spare magnet sectors requested, large increase in development cost of vacuum chamber, additional requirements on power supply of failure of Bevatron, control of expenditure, Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber HLBC approved, additional office accommodation required so use of prefabricated buildings, contract for Phase II buildings, building for ancillary maintenance services, modification to Coseners House, staff complement raised from 43 to 55 (22 October 1959)
1960
NI(GP)(60)1 Approval for 420,000 pounds for HLBC now with Treasury, papers 59/46 and 59/48 for Nimrod power plant foundation and octant end bracket assemblies approved, increased rates for concrete work due to complexity not apparent at tender stage, estimate for Nimrod now increased to 8.899M pounds, track measuring and scanning equipment, beam handling equipment, extensions to PLA building and Nimrod Control Room, sites identified for houses for staff include Rush Common, Gainsborough Green, Vineyard and Peach Croft, scheme for canteen and lecture theatre being worked upon, Orion computer to be purchased for 400,000 pounds, feasibility study on scintillation counter matrices, Director's entertainment allowance increased to 200 pounds for 59/60 and 500 pounds for 1960/61 (11 February 1960) NI(GP)(60)2 Treasury approval for HLBC, beam handling plant and Orion computer, 34 houses proposed at Rush Common, new steam main 60/17, revised Nimrod plant estimate including increased costs of installation of magnet pole pieces between two vacuum chambers necessitating higher grade of labour than expected, increased cost preparing steel for pole pieces because difficulties acquiring steel of required uniformity so complete randomisation procedure necessary, increase in cost of development of vacuum chamber due to problems of developing new material on large scale and subject to heavy radiation so requires Treasury approval, proposed design study at Oxford for Helium Bubble Chamber HeBC, plan for Restaurant costed at 280 pounds per seat and 342 pounds including furniture etc, consideration for a licensed bar, approval of extension to PLA building (12 May 1960) NI(GP)(60)3 Technical review of electronics contracts with AERE, financial statement indicates underspends on Nimrod and AERE services, staff complement was 424 on 30 September, purchase of limited number of houses for staff, proposal for heavy laboratory for testing magnets and high voltage separators etc, prototype of Nimrod vacuum chamber produced and production of eight outer chambers was about to start, contract for two Nimrod plunging mechanisms for 25,000 pounds to be awarded to Towler Bros, bubble chamber plant room (7 October 1960)
1961
NI(GP)(61)1 Treasury Grant will be underspent by about 1.5M pounds, Marston Excelsior had made firm quotation of 1,200,000 pounds for complete vacuum vessel, Nimrod beam transport plant, electricity supply, surface water drainage required as AERE drain insufficient, extension to R2 to accommodate larger number of staff than had been planned for which cannot be a package deal because of the siting and adaption of adjoining building, proposal to put heavy labs to the south rather than as an extension to the Arcon building, need to level and provide roads to this new area of site, discussion of requirement for additional office space, approval for purchase of plots at Vineyard and in Newbury, Directors entertainment allowance increased to 500 pounds, use of Chemical Vapor Deposition CVD valves, plan for 24 houses at South Queensway, Didcot to be sent to Treasury (10 February 1961) NI(GP)(61)2 Treasury approval of contract for 1,200,000 pounds to Marston Excelsior and revised total 11.2M pounds for Nimrod; site of heavy lab levelled, tenders invited, estimated cost 90,000 pounds; substantial thefts of copper reported so considering Alsatian Security Ltd, responsibility of loss is with contractor but fence to be completed; concern whether vacuum chamber work would go as planned and comments that substantial development work had been required from Laboratory staff; approval of centralised cooling system; Didcot depot closing so need for storage space on site and recommends Beecham Buildings tender; quality of road surface in car parks is unsatisfactory; extension to Control Room approved; proposal for parasitic area referred to Visiting Cttee (21 April 1961) NI(GP)(61)3 Increase in cost of extension to PLA building due to omission of costing of roads etc; approval of tender for houses at South Queensway, Didcot; magnetic spectograph for PLA; Treasury approval for Atlas computer expected soon; approval in principle for 80 houses at Peach Croft, Abingdon (20 July 1961) NI(GP)(61)4 Discussion of policy on use of contract labour; estimates 1962/3; Jellicoe recommends topsoil and seeding of spoil heap to make slopes manageable and stable; DC power supply for Nimrod beam transport contract to Brentford Transformers for 67,992 pounds; vacuum chamber position improving but concern at costs (2 October 1961)
1962
NI(GP)(62)1 Policy on use of contract labour; financial statement shows Nimrod progress delayed by technical difficulties, other schemes delayed because staff working on Nimrod; Marston Excelsior claiming total payment should be 1.6M rather than 1.2M so discussions on-going but 1.45M might be acceptable; increased cost of building for Atlas computer; extension of R12; building work started on Restaurant but cost would be 50 percent greater without satisfactory explanation so approval withheld and investigative cttee formed, noting cost is now 293 pounds per place as opposed to 177 pounds per place for AERE canteen; increased fees on Phase II building to be examined; contract for use of Merlin reactor and additional staff required to operate it full-time (9 January 1962) NI(GP)(62)2 Request for additional funding for Atlas now with Treasury; paper 62/9 report on the enquiry into Restaurant scheme contributed-to by change of SWO engineer and architect and postponement of reviews of plans; fees charged by SWO; treatment of spoil heap approved paper 62/18; vacuum chamber recommendation 62/13 approved, number of Lab staff can now be reduced from 20 to 12; beam transport plant for Parasitic Area (29 March 1962) NI(GP)(62)3 Transfer of BHBC to NIRNS set to end of 1963; Treasury taking five-year forecasts more seriously; Electron Lab expenditure seemed very high because difficult to be accurate at this stage; increase in costs for HeBC; Five-year forecast and starting figure of 6.5M not yet approved by Treasury; argument to separate reactor from nuclear work; Wilkinson already written to Chairman re-emphasising that level of expenditure planned was seriously inadequate; Electron Lab progress, finding a site; proposal for Lecture Theatre as Cockcroft Hall frequently fully booked; plans for Chilton and Lime Tree Houses for university visitors but might be cheaper to extend Coseners House; proposal to extend R18 (20 September 1962) NI(GP)(62)4 Estimated expenditure on Electron Laboratory; need for an Electron Synchrotron Project Committee; changes to five-year forecast reducing support of university use of AEA reactors, reduction in store materials and services; latest forecast shows over-expenditure of 365,000 pounds in 1962/3; alterations to equipment to be order for Atlas computer; plans for Lecture Theatre; electrical power distribution work; contract with Marston Excelsior for vacuum vessels coming to a successful end, firm as delivered 9 of the 10 outer vessels, 7 out of 10 of the inner vessels, and 1 out of 4 header vessels with deliveries complete by mid-February (20 November 1962)

1950s
Notes on the Bubble Chamber meeting (20 September 1957) Minutes of the British National Hydrogen Bubble Chamber Working Party at Birmingham University (2 May 1958); notes on auxiliary equipment (13 October 1958) NEPC/M/1 Minutes of a meeting to discuss Hydrogen Bubble Chamber Services (10 June 1959) HL 59/8268 Nuclear Equipment Project Committee (Terms of reference by LB Mullett, 19 November 1959)
1960s
Memo regarding Treasury approval for Hydrogen Bubble Chamber Services (24 November 1960) DSIR Grant for construction of a Large Hydrogen Bubble Chamber: Statement of expenditure (23 March 1961) Track analysis work (Note by M Snowden, 13 July 1961) Data reduction for Bubble Chambers (Technical note and covering memo from Pickavance, 17 April 1962) HeMCM/1 Minutes of the first meeting held at Rutherford Laboratory (30 May 1962) Track analysis work at the Rutherford Laboratory (Technical note, 3 October 1962) Meeting concerning Saclay Bubble Chamber (Minutes, 14 April 1964) Saclay 82cm Liquid Hydrogen Bubble Chamber (Technical note, 1964) N-01-64 French Bubble Chamber comes to the Rutherford Laboratory (Press Release, 1964) Precision CRT device for track analysis (Technical note, 30 March 1965) Bubble Chamber Group Meetings: Progress meetings on BC installation and progress meetings on BC operation (3 November 1965) Minutes of New Bubble Chamber Design Studies meeting (12 November 1965) NEPC/Part III/M30 Minutes and appendices of the final meeting of the Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber Section of the Nuclear Equipment Project Committee at RL (25 November 1965) NEPC/Part III/M31 Minutes of the Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber Section of the Nuclear Equipment Project Committee at RL (25 November 1965) Minutes of New Bubble Chamber Design Studies meeting (6 December 1965) NP.6(66) Heavy Liquid Bubble Chamber: Completion of Project (6 January 1966) Minutes of New Bubble Chamber Design Studies meeting (11 January 1966) HeMCP/44 Helium Bubble Chamber Project N45/4/15 Financial Statement for period 1 July 1962 - 30 June 1966 (7 July 1966) HeMC/13 Minutes of the final meeting held at Rutherford Laboratory (27 April 1967) NP.60(67) Completion of Helium Bubble Chamber Project (24 May 1967) Minutes of Track Chamber Panel (6 November 1967) HeMCP/43 Helium Bubble Chamber Management Committee: Progress Report (28 June 1968) HLBC Progress (top-level timetable, 1968)
1970s
Data on bubble chamber operations (Note from M Snowden, Technology Division, 11 February 1977)

Unconfirmed minutes of NI-PC-57-01 (ToR, specification of new accelerator first discussed in 1955, 8 April 1957) NI(PC)(57)1 Proposal for a 7 GeV Proton Synchrotron (Note by the Secretary describing the basic parameters of the machine, the building and estimated cost, 25 March 1957) NI(PC)(57)2 Appendix to AEA(57)33 Facilities of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment available to the Institute (Paper by Cockcroft suggesting the 50 MeV PLA, 180 MeV Synchrocyclotron, large shower experiment at Culham be transferred to the Institute, together with part-time use of DIDO, the 10/12 MV Van de Graaff, the Neutron Booster and Ferranti Mercury. Harwell will become an open establishment in the middle of 1957 and no security checks will be made on university workers although some sensitive areas will be off-limits. The Harwell Library is to be moved to a site not far from the PLA and proposed Bevatron area 1958/9 (17 April 1957) NI(PC)(57)3 Possible conversion of the 110-inch Harwell Synchrotron (17 June 1957) NI/PC/60/05: Electron Accelerator in GeV Energy Range: Report of the Working Party (21 November 1960) NI/PC/61/02 A 4 GeV Electron Synchrotron: A proposal from the Physics Committee (Draft, 9 February 1961) NI/PC/61/4 Assessors report on the Clarendon Laboratory proposal for the construction of a Helium Bubble Chamber (8 May 1961) Minutes of the first meeting of the High Energy Physics Committee (R1 Conference Room, 7 May 1963) PPC6(76) The Future High Energy Physics Programme at Nimrod; paper by Godfrey Stafford discussing the future experimental programme including costs (6 January 1976)

Minutes of the first meeting (22 January 1960) Minutes of Rutherford Laboratory Steering Committee (3 February 1960)

NI/V/60 Minutes of the meeting held at RHEL (11 November 1960)

Letters between Quinton Hogg and Lord Bridges as given to Senior Staff Forum (21 October 1964 from October/November 1963) Confidential note from ACWV Clarke to Pickavance concerning the move from NIRNS to SRC Confidential notes on NIRNS/SRC (Gerry Pickavance, undated but assumed to be late 1964/early 1965) Resources of Research Councils (29 March 1968) Department of Engineering Science (Note from M Snowden on the revised structure of the Department, 21 June 1971)

Minutes of the second Joint Consultative Panel for Nuclear Research meeting held at University College (24 October 1961) Slightly edited transcript of the Joint Consultative Panel for Nuclear Research meeting held at Imperial College (6 March 1963) Minutes of the third Joint Consultative Panel for Nuclear Research meeting held at Imperial College (Discusses plans for a new high energy machine at CERN and its impact on British science, 6 March 1963)

Finance Sub committee: Financial procedures (as at 17 January 1969) Financial procedures: VAT (22 June 1973)

Membership of the Governing Body of the NIRNS (one page from a longer document) List of Senior Staff and positions (part of a longer document, very early 1960s because it includes JJ Wilkins who died in a car accident on 17 October 1962) The National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science (Draft of part of a book chapter or paper; undated but mentions Nimrod under construction so very early 1960s) Letter from Stafford to Cockcroft concerning Accelerator Working Party meetings for the second national laboratory (29 February 1960) Minutes of the First Ordinary Meeting of the Housing Committee in Mr Snowden's office, R1 (2 March 1961) RLN.3 Rutherford Laboratory Notice no.3: Radiation protection at the Rutherford Laboratory (22 March 1960) Memo: Christmas celebrations (12 December 1962) Memo: Distribution of notices and circulars (28 December 1962) Memo: Vehicle Identity Labels (10 May 1963)

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