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Site of next nuclear plant welcomed by National Nuclear Laboratory
National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) welcomes the announcement of the location for the next large-scale nuclear plant in Anglesey, Wales from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
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National Nuclear Laboratory signs up to Nuclear Skills Charter
National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has joined other key employers from the nuclear and engineering industries in signing up to a new charter pledging more collaboration, job opportunities and investment.
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NNL and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) strengthen the relationship between the two laboratories in a collaboration agreement for advanced nuclear fuel.
The UK’s national laboratory for nuclear fission and its counterpart in Japan have signed an agreement as part of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Step 1 Coated Particle Fuel Programme in the UK.
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Our customer collaborations continue to bring success
NNL is committed to using its earnings to reinvest in science and technology to bring benefit to society. Through our long-established collaborative approach, our work in Environmental Restoration aligns with Sellafield Ltd.
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The vital role of parents in encouraging young people into STEM
NNL recently joined other Racial Equality in Nuclear (REiN) ambassadors at a high school in Bolton to speak with pupils and their carers about the different job opportunities in the nuclear industry.
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NNL Chief Executive, Prof. Paul Howarth, to retire in 2025
After 13 years as Chief Executive of the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), Prof. Paul Howarth has announced that he will retire in Spring 2025.
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NNL welcomes reappointment of Ian Funnell as Chair
National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is pleased to announce that Ian Funnell has been reappointed by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) as NNL’s Chair for a second term, when his current term comes to an end
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NNL is seeking a Non-Executive Director
The UK Government is seeking a non-Executive Director to join the National Nuclear Laboratory board to advise on all matters relating to the Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality (EHSS&Q); and Chair NNL’s Techno
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International Women’s Day 2024
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is ‘Invest In Women’. At NNL, we have joined up with the Girls Out Loud organisation, who run mentoring programmes for teenage girls.
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New Strategic Collaboration between University of Leicester and National Nuclear Laboratory links academia and industry
NNL has created a process to extract Americium-241 from stored nuclear material and repurpose it as fuel for systems developed by the University of Leicester, with support from the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency, f
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