Daresbury Laboratory

Daresbury Laboratory

Aerial view of Daresbury Laboratory
Established	1962 (1962)
Laboratory type	National scientific research laboratory
Field of research	Applied science Fundamental science
Director	Professor Susan Smith
Staff	300[1]
Location	Daresbury, England 53°20′35″N 2°38′26″W / 53.34306°N 2.64056°W / 53.34306; -2.64056Coordinates: 53°20′35″N 2°38′26″W / 53.34306°N 2.64056°W / 53.34306; -2.64056
Operating agency	Science and Technology Facilities Council
Website	stfc.ukri.org/about-us/where-we-work/daresbury-laboratory/
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Location in Cheshire

Daresbury Laboratory is a scientific research laboratory based at Sci-Tech Daresbury campus near Daresbury in Halton, Cheshire, England. The laboratory began operations in 1962 and was officially opened on 16 June 1967 as the Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory by the then Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Harold Wilson. It is operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, part of UK Research and Innovation. As of 2018, it employs around 300 staff,^[1] with Professor Susan Smith appointed as director in 2012.

Description[]

Daresbury Tower, formerly the Nuclear Structure Facility

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Daresbury Laboratory carries out research in fields such as accelerator science, bio-medicine, physics, chemistry, materials, engineering and computational science. Its facilities are used by scientists and engineers, from both the university research community and industrial research base. The laboratory is based at Sci-Tech Daresbury.

Facilities and research[]

• Accelerator science, including the Cockcroft Institute which houses scientists from STFC, University of Manchester, University of Liverpool, University of Lancaster, and University of Strathclyde. Accelerator science facilities include:
  • , an electron compact linear accelerator, based around an RF .^[2]
  • , an electron linear accelerator to be utilised for research in free-electron lasers.^[3]
• , a national research facility for advanced electron microscopy. The facility belongs to EPSRC.^[4]
• The Hartree Centre, a high performance computing, data analytics and AI research facility.^[5]
• Scientific computing
• Nuclear physics
• Detector systems
• Engineering Technology Centre^[6]
• Public engagement
• The University of Liverpool Virtual Engineering Centre^[7]

Retired facilities[]

• NINA
• ALICE, an electron accelerator previously known as ERLP (Energy Recovery Linac Prototype).^[8]
• EMMA, a linear non-scaling FFAG accelerator.
• HPCx, a supercomputer (replaced by the UK national supercomputing service, HECToR, based in Edinburgh).^[9]
• Synchrotron Radiation Source

Awards[]

In 2009 the laboratory was awarded the title of the "Most Outstanding Science Park" at the .^[10]

See also[]

• Alec Merrison Daresbury Laboratory's first director
• Cockcroft Institute International centre for accelerator science and technology at Sci-Tech Daresbury
• Van de Graaff generator The former Nuclear Structure Facility at Daresbury was based on a Van de Graaff accelerator
• Arthur Dooley The Laboratory has a piece 'Splitting of the Atom', unveiled in 1971, constructed from magnetic steel and two 37 inch pole tips taken from the cyclotron.^[11]

References[]

External links[]

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• Daresbury Laboratory at Sci-Tech Daresbury
• The Science and Technology Facilities Council
• Synchrotron Radiation Source
• Accelerator Science and Technology Centre
• 4GLS - the proposed Fourth Generation Light Source