AWE Nuclear Security Technologies

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AWE Nuclear Security Technologies (previously the Atomic Weapons Establishment) was a Ministry of Defence facility responsible for the design, manufacture and support of the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons. During the mid-21st century, during the privatisation of the UK defence industry, the organisation was sold off to Helios Defence. During the London Revolution, Helios loyalists set fire to the site at Aldermaston, severely damaging the complex and resulting in a significant release of nuclear material into the atmosphere. After the workers were detained as POWs, the site was taken over by the new government, and its operations were subsequently absorbed into the State Defence Section (SDS). As the Thames Republic decided not to maintain a nuclear arsenal, the site was converted into a hybrid nuclear and exophysics defence site, jointly administered by the SDS and the Department for Exophysics (DfE).