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Further reading ⇓

Site
□ Site plans and photographs
□ R1
□ R2
□ R22
PLA (Proton Linear Accelerator)
□ Building plans
NIMROD
□ Excavating NIMROD
□ Nimrod operational Tannoy announcement
□ R3 building plans
□ Diagnostics and timing sequence
□ First operation of Nimrod to full energy
□ The failure of Nimrod main magnet power supply and alternators
□ Bubbly personalities
□ Investigating the digital preservation of raw Bubble Chamber data
ISIS
□ First neutrons
□ Neutron and muon source
□ Animated overview
□ Inauguration of ISIS
Space
□ NASA Ground Station
□ NASA 12m Antenna
□ James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT)
Lasers
□ Joint Laser Project and CLF (1974-75)
□ R1 extension (1977)
□ Inauguration of the laser facility (1977)
□ Titania (1994-1999)
□ A history of high-power laser research and development in the United Kingdom

ISIS inauguration

ISIS was formally inaugurated and named on Tuesday 1 October 1985 by the then Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher FRS MP. Arriving at 10:25, she met VIPs including Sir Keith Joseph, Dr Geoff Manning, Dr Godfrey Stafford and Dr Gerry Pickavance plus Science Ministers from Italy, Luxembourg and Spain.

Amongst the VIP guests were Sir Keith Joseph (Secretary of State for Education and Science), the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Geoff Manning (Director of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) and Bill Mitchell (Chairman of SERC). This was Prof Mitchell's first day in post RAL Director Geoff Manning and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the occasion of her visit to RAL to inaugurate ISIS. Holding their interest is a model showing the layout of ISIS 85RC5084 Mementos of the occasion 85RC5090 RAL Director Geoff Manning and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher examining a model of ISIS 85RC5100 Introduction from RAL Director Geoff Manning 85RC5117 RAL Director Geoff Manning and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher examining a model of ISI

Audio of opening address by William (Bill) Mitchell (Chairman of SERC), Geoff Manning (Director of RAL), Prime Minister Thatcher and Sir John Kingman (Vice-Chancellor of Bristol University).
Audio of press conference. (Tape deteriorates half way through.)
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