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‘Get Into LANE’: the EAW, Nuclear Energy and Domestic Liberation

Guest blog by Dr Eleanor Peters. In February 1955, the British Government issued a White Paper announcing its 10-year program for nuclear power stations. The Electrical Association for Women (EAW) responded with unwavering support asserting that ‘the development of nuclear... Continue Reading →

The winds of change?

By Asha Gage, IET Archivist The subject of this blog came about after a call for interested organisations to respond to a survey concentrating on archival collections on wind energy. This survey is part of the European-funded project ‘Mills to... Continue Reading →

The papers of R A W Connor: power generation and supply

The IET archives has recently completed the cataloguing of a collection of papers belonging to Raymond Arthur W Connor, an electrical engineer who spent most of his working life at the Eastern Electricity Board. Connor is depicted in the image... Continue Reading →

The Papers of Glyn England – Chairman of the CEGB 1976-1982

In 2015 the IET Archives received a donation of papers concerning the British electricity and power markets in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The papers were the personal records whilst in office of Glyn England, the Central Electricity Generating... Continue Reading →

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