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We welcome the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s decision to close the improvement notice, served last year following an incident on the Aldermaston site at our Explosive Technology Centre. There was no risk to the public or the environment from this incident.

Robert Kennedy, an undergraduate from the University of St Andrews, has been awarded the highly esteemed Materials Science Year in Industry Student Prize – sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers-following a successful industry placement with AWE. During his 12-month placement with AWE’s Materials and Analytical Science Group, Rob has made an exceptional impact – […]

AWE Aldermaston had ‘met’ the ONR's expectations for climate resilience.

An AWE sponsored PhD student, Joe Gilkes from the University of Warwick, has been recognised with two prestigious awards for his outstanding doctoral research.

As we mark our 75th anniversary, AWE welcomed The Rt Hon. John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, to AWE Aldermaston.

AWE’s Jenny Boxwell and Dario Castiglione have been elected to key positions by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) membership. Jenny was elected as a Trustee of the RSC whilst Dario has joined the Professional Standards Board (PSB). Both will play an important role in the governance of the RSC.

In partnership with the Worshipful Company of Engineers and Engineers Trust, AWE is proud to announce Catherine Smith of Reliance Precision Limited as 2025 winner of the Defence Industry Early Careers Engineering Prize.

AWE has a lot to celebrate this International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), including several individual award wins, a collaboration with New Scientist, colleague networking events and the launch of a new internal digital collaboration safe space.

Post War 1950’s Britain saw short supplies of labour and materials of every kind. This formed part of the huge challenge faced by William Penney, who was tasked with creating the UK’s nuclear capability: AWE Aldermaston. 

Three people from AWE Nuclear Security Technologies feature in the King’s Birthday Honours List.

A team of AWE physicists and academics from the University of Oxford who have been collaborating for 20 years to solve a ‘grand challenge’ – which had proved elusive until now – have had their work published in the Journal of Applied Physics.

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