The Tandem Generators of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

History of the Electrostatic Accelerator

“…Two 5 MV vertical tandems were built in 1959 by the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company in the UK for the Harwell and Aldermaston Laboratories [27]. In 1965, the Japanese government ordered two 5 MV machines: a vertical tandem from Toshiba that was installed at the University of Tokyo [28] and a horizontal machine by Mitsubishi installed at the University of Kyoto.…”