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Secondary pupils from across Berkshire and Hampshire competed to win the annual AWE Engineering Challenge.

 Apprentices at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) welcomed a VIP guest to the third annual Skills Academy Design Challenge. Colin Utting, Chief Engineer for Future Technology with BAE Systems, joined apprentices and members of AWE’s executive team for an inspiring event fusing innovative design and amazing technology. Teams of apprentices from AWE’s award-winning Skills Academy […]

AWE experts recently supported the Working Group B (technical working group) of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in Vienna.  Leigh Turner, UK Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna, met the team at the CTBTO headquarters in the Vienna International Centre and thanked them for the hard work […]

Silchester Primary School pupils are enjoying their refurbished library, which includes a new bookcase funded by AWE. School Librarian, Eve Rynott, said: “Thank you to AWE for this invaluable support which has enabled us to buy a new bookcase. Our science books are now displayed prominently for all the children to enjoy”. As well as […]

AWE scientist Peter Graham provides an overview of the methods used in designing laser experiments for astrophysics – featured in the February 2017 edition of Mathematics Today. You can read the article here.

AWE physicists, Peter Watkeys and Mat Budsworth, working with colleagues from Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) delivered a key experimental campaign to support verification of the UK’s nuclear deterrent. The campaign successfully generated high quality data used to verify (x-ray) radiation transport codes and coupled electromagnetic codes – helping AWE scientists to deliver warheads safely and […]