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West Berks - Eastern Area Planning Committee: 05/02003/RESMAJ Replacement Laser Research Facility (Orion), January 2006

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25 January, 2006

05/02003/RESMAJ  Circular 18/84 Notice of Proposed Development for a Replacement Laser Research Facility (ORION).
Recommendation: That the Head of Planning and Transport Strategy be authorised to raise no objections.
Mr. Peter Burt, Ms. Sian Jones and Mrs. Angela Broome, objectors, and Mr. Chris Simpkins and Mr. Jonathan Brown, agents, addressed the Comittee on this application.
RESOLVED that the Head of Planning and Transport Strategy be authorised to raise no objections to the Notice of Proposed Development for a replacement laser research facility.
Informatives:
1. Surface water control measures shall be carried out in accordance with details which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before development commences.
Reason:  To prevent the increased risk of flooding and to improve water quality.
1. No development approved by this planning permission shall be commenced until:
(a) The site investigation has been undertaken in accordance with details approved by the Local Planning Authority and a risk assessment has been undertaken.
(b) A Method Statement detailing the remediation requirements, including measures to minimise the impact on ground and surface waters, using the information obtained from the Site Investigation has been submitted to the Local Planning Authority.  This should be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to that remediation being carried out on the site.
Reason:  To ensure that the proposed site investigations and remediation will not cause pollution of Controlled Waters.
1. The Environment Agency is not aware of any watercourses on the site, but should there by any, they advise that:
(a) they should not be culverted; and
(b) a buffer zone is left on either side of any watercourse; and
(c) culverted watercourses should not be built over, but should ideally be opened up and made a feature of the site.
2. The applicant’s attention is drawn to the informatives attached to the Local Planning Authority’s consultation response in respect of Notification 04/00945/OUT dated 23rd June 2004.
http://www.westberks.gov.uk

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AWE Aldermaston - Orion: 04/0095/OUT

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16 April, 2004
Source: 
http://www.westberks.gov.uk

 
NoPD proposed new laser facility
Received: 16/04/2004
Approved: 23/06/2004

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AWE - Discovery 19

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18 March, 2010
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http://www.awe.co.uk

'The full life cost to dispose of a 200 litre drum of solid radioactive Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) exceeds £40,000. AWE has made considerable efforts to reduce the amount of ILW it generates and classify legacy, operational and decommissioning waste-streams at lower categories'
[p 23]

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Nature - Nuclear weapons physics: Welcome to the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Volume 464, 156-157 (2010)

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Date: 
11 March, 2010
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http://www.nature.com

Nature source
 
Aldermaston is a picturesque English village with red-brick houses, tidy gardens and an inviting local pub. But just to the south lies a much more forbidding set of buildings. Behind double-fencing and guarded gates is the sprawling campus of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Britain's most hush-hush research laboratory. The 304-hectare facility, a converted Second World War airfield, is home to the roughly 4,000 scientists, engineers and technicians who are responsible for maintaining Britain's nuclear warheads.

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Redhall - AWE Orion Laser Facility

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9 December, 2009
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http://www.redhallgroup.co.uk

Over a considerable period, Booth Industries has been working with AWE to design, supply and install specialist doors and panels on a number of different on-site projects.
 
This includes the AWE Orion laser facility; the UK’s largest ever science project to construct a world leading laser capability, and the AWE Gemini office accommodation project that will house 1,400 staff who operate from the Aldermaston site.
 

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