Cold War, Inspection Room Building 69, Nuclear Weapon Storage Facility, RAF Barnham.
INSPECTION ROOM BUILDING 69 –
In addition to the storage of nuclear weapons, RAF Baraham was also responsible with
the deep maintenance and refurbishment of weapons rotated from airfield stores. Amongst the buildings a number may be identified where components, or whole bombs, could be brought for stripping and testing. The precise activities carried out in these buildings will not be known until, if and when, the servicing manuals for ''Blue Danube'' are declassified.
At the southern edge of the north-western group of fissile core stores is building 69 (Drg No. 1249/53) which is surrounded on three sides by a 2ft 3½in thick brick traverse laid in English bond. The building is rectangular in plan, with cut-away corners on its northerneastern side. It appears to be constructed from brick, rendered with cement, and is roofed by a flat concrete slab. Entry into the building is through double steel doors 4ft wide, with a combination lock, on the north-west elevation, which give access into an entrance lobby and then a middle room lit by a Crittall metal window in the north-west elevation; on the northern side of the central room is small annexe. During the service life of this building there was a hole in the floor of this building, similar to those in the fissile core
stores. It is thought that this building was used for the periodic inspection of fissile cores.
Information sourced from English Heritage.
Cold War, Inspection Room Building 69, Nuclear Weapon Storage Facility, RAF Barnham.
INSPECTION ROOM BUILDING 69 –
In addition to the storage of nuclear weapons, RAF Baraham was also responsible with
the deep maintenance and refurbishment of weapons rotated from airfield stores. Amongst the buildings a number may be identified where components, or whole bombs, could be brought for stripping and testing. The precise activities carried out in these buildings will not be known until, if and when, the servicing manuals for ''Blue Danube'' are declassified.
At the southern edge of the north-western group of fissile core stores is building 69 (Drg No. 1249/53) which is surrounded on three sides by a 2ft 3½in thick brick traverse laid in English bond. The building is rectangular in plan, with cut-away corners on its northerneastern side. It appears to be constructed from brick, rendered with cement, and is roofed by a flat concrete slab. Entry into the building is through double steel doors 4ft wide, with a combination lock, on the north-west elevation, which give access into an entrance lobby and then a middle room lit by a Crittall metal window in the north-west elevation; on the northern side of the central room is small annexe. During the service life of this building there was a hole in the floor of this building, similar to those in the fissile core
stores. It is thought that this building was used for the periodic inspection of fissile cores.
Information sourced from English Heritage.