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Replica of the first transistor, 1947-2003

Replica of the first transistor, 1947-2003

1947-2003
Satellite docking plate for use in on-orbit servicing of spacecraft by Astroscale

Satellite docking plate for use in on-orbit servicing of spacecraft by Astroscale

2024
Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA)

Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA)

1957
Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA) nuclear fusion experiment

Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA) nuclear fusion experiment

1957
Duty Officer's Manual

Duty Officer's Manual

1976
Photograph showing the Harwell cyclotron

Photograph showing the Harwell cyclotron

1951
Duty officer armband

Duty officer armband

1974-1990
Model of phased-rotor neutron spectrometer installed at Chalk River

Model of phased-rotor neutron spectrometer installed at Chalk River

1963
Radiation detector using point contact transistors designed and built at Harwell

Radiation detector using point contact transistors designed and built at Harwell

1952-1953
Set of 32 BASF computer diskettes containing Version 5.0 (Sweden) of CHEMDATA

Set of 32 BASF computer diskettes containing Version 5.0 (Sweden) of CHEMDATA

1988
Flashing blue light with magnetic attachment

Flashing blue light with magnetic attachment

1974-1989
Red Telephone - the special line reserved for incoming emergency calls from the Fire Brigade

Red Telephone - the special line reserved for incoming emergency calls from the Fire Brigade

1974-1991
CHEMDATA User's reference guide for Version 6.0

CHEMDATA User's reference guide for Version 6.0

1990
Flame-retardant Nomex undershirt

Flame-retardant Nomex undershirt

1974-1990
White cotton coverall with popstud fastenings

White cotton coverall with popstud fastenings

1974-1990
Flame-retardant Nomex trousers

Flame-retardant Nomex trousers

1974-1990
NCEC Duty Officer Car Park place notice 1974 -1990

NCEC Duty Officer Car Park place notice 1974 -1990

1974-1990
'Cold Fusion' ,apparatus used at Harwell laboratories in 1989 to replicate experiments of Fleschmann and Pons. The apparatus consists of a electrolysis apparatus (glass flask) containing a palladium electrode.

'Cold Fusion' apparatus, Harwell

1989
Photomultiplier tube detector in metal housing housing (type 1529C, serial No, 359), with thallium scintillation crystal by Hilger and Watts Limited, British, 1960-1975. Commissioned by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Harwell

Photomultiplier housing type 1529C

1960-1975
This is a prototype of the power system for the Magdrive thrusters, called 'Operation Get it Up.' This is the 'brain' of the thruster. This is a model of the flight unit that launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2023. The pre-launch installation and integration with the spacecraft was successful, however, they were not able to communicate with the satellite that the power system was on so no data could be collected on how it functioned in space. In addition to testing the electrical system, the cathode arc thruster (CAT) was also tested. This element was developed by the University of Southampton.

Power system prototype for Magdrive thruster

2022
MinION Flow Cell for use with a portable MinION analyzer for sequencing DNA or RNA in real time, with packaging, by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, as used during genetic sequencing of samples at the Royal London Hospital by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK), a group of public health agencies and academic institutions created in April 2020 to collect, sequence and analyse genomes of SARS-CoV-2 as part of COVID-19 pandemic response, 2020-22.

flow cell

2020-2021
Thermoluminescent dosimeter for radiographers, yellow plastic, with spare PTFE-lithium fluoride discs, by the N.R.P.B., Harwell, 1980

Thermoluminescent dosimeter for radiographers

1980
Large fixing from proper right-hand side of the Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA). Consists of tube with pink ceramic section attached to a larger curved and bolted panel with a wheeled attachment on the exterior.

Fixing for Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA)

1957
Circular disc from upper proper right hand side of the Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA), with three loose bolts.

Disc from Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA)

1957
Section of pipe from proper left-hand side of the Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA). Consists of a pink ceramic pipe attached to a short metal pipe sealed at one end by a circular plate.

Fixing for Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA)

1957
Triangular green panel from bottom proper right-hand side of the Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA), with one loose bolt. Panel is marked “3”, “179”, “063971 / 313940 / RD”.

Panel for Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA)

1957
Circular disc from upper proper right hand side of the Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA), with three loose bolts.

Disc from Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA)

1957
Triangular green panel from bottom proper left-hand side of the Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA), with four loose bolts. Panel is marked “1”, “179".

Panel for Quadrant of Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (ZETA)

1957