AWE scientist who helped develop Britain's first atomic bomb dies

One of a small group of scientists involved in the development of British nuclear weapons during the Second World War, Percy White died aged 96 on January 8.
Mr White was chief chemical engineer at AWE, Aldermaston and laid down the principles for the site’s construction.
He retired in 1972.
Mr White developed a faster method of filling bombs and shells with explosives and reported at AWE to Lord (William) Penney, who worked on the US atomic bomb programme during the Second World War.
Graeme Nicholson, AWE’s director of science and technology said: “We were very sorry to hear of the passing of Percy White, and our thoughts are with his family.
His pioneering work, alongside William Penney is well documented and his dedication resulted in a much-deserved OBE.
His work in chemical engineering was in a class of its own, and his legacy is one of which we are all proud.”
Appointed OBE in 1966, Mr White made many contributions to the first British atomic bomb, tested off the north-west coast of Australia in October 1952.