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The story of the genesis of the UK’s first nuclear weapons is told in Graham Farmelo’s excellent book ‘Churchill’s Bomb’.
Other Sources
- Blue Danube – design and engineering of Britain’s first nuclear bomb.
A fascinating insight into the problems of designing such a complex, high precision device, as well as some insights into the maintenance processes carried out at Barnham, and associated problems