Corporate report

NDA Archive Acquisition Policy

The NDA Acquisition Policy is the foundation for the identification of the type of materials Nucleus, a Nuclear Archive in Wick, will collect and the conditions or terms which affect the acquisition of such materials.

Documents

IMP09 NDA Archive Acquisition Policy Rev1

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Details

The Acquisition Policy sets out what categories of records are required for:

  • long term retention to support the work of the NDA
  • permanent preservation – for records which have been appraised and selected via Second Review (Public Records Act). These selected records will, depending on their subject matter, be:
    • transferred to Nucleus (as a Place of Deposit) or
    • transferred to The National Archives (as a Place of Deposit)

NDA archive: Nucleus (the Nuclear and Caithness Archive)

Published 14 September 2017