 Aerial view of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory | |
| Established | 1957 |
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Laboratory type | National scientific research laboratory |
Field of research | |
| Staff | 1,200 |
| Location | Chilton, Oxfordshire, England 51°34′24″N 1°18′53″W / 51.57333°N 1.31472°W |
Operating agency | Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| Website | www |
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  Location in Oxfordshire | |
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).[1] It began as the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, merged with the Atlas Computer Laboratory in 1975 to create the Rutherford Lab; then in 1979 with the Appleton Laboratory to form the current laboratory.
It is located on the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus at Chilton near Didcot in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It has a staff of approximately 1,200 people who support the work of over 10,000 scientists and engineers, chiefly from the university research community. The laboratory's programme is designed to deliver trained manpower and economic growth for the UK as the result of achievements in science.
- ^ "Science and Technology Facilities Council". Science and Technology Facilities Council. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 2 November 2008.