1.2

The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory in numbers

Unique Facilities

£1.5 billion

the value of the nuclear facilities we manage

35

organisations from around the UK have accessed our special facilities over the past six years, including innovative SMEs and startups, all focused on finding solutions to nationally important issues

4

World-leading laboratories in the heart of the north west:


In Seascale, Cumbria, at Sellafield

Central Laboratory

NNL’s flagship, the most modern nuclear technology research facility in the world and an asset to UK and global nuclear research and development

Windscale Laboratory

Unique in the UK, and vital to the nuclear industry, it works with operators to ensure the continued safe running of our nation’s nuclear reactors


In Workington, Cumbria

Workington Laboratory

A large and flexible industrial space for developing technology and skills for the UK’s nuclear sector


In Preston, Lancashire

Preston Laboratory at Springfields, Lancashire

A centre of excellence for the next generation of nuclear fuels and clean energy technology


3

other research sites at Risley in Cheshire, Stonehouse in Gloucestershire and Culham in Oxfordshire

Unique Expertise

400

scientists

150 PhDs

plus 100 PhDs sponsored across UK universities

10,000 years

combined years of expertise in nuclear science

Nuclear Science to Benefit Society

4

Focus Areas


Clean Energy

Health and Nuclear Medicine

Environmental Restoration

Security and Non-Proliferation

Opportunity and Prosperity to Benefit the North West

1,000+ employees

including


600

in Cumbria

300

in Cheshire

130

in Lancashire

180

high-skilled jobs created in the North West in 2020/21

×2

we doubled our intake of apprentices and graduates between 2020 and 2021


£133 million

per year added to the local economy, with

1,740 jobs

supported in our supply chain, directly and indirectly

1.3 Global Leaders in Nuclear Science