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A team of AWE graduate engineers intrigued young visitors to this year’s Hampshire TeenTech event with four exhibits and a Laser Maze challenge. TeenTech aims to encourage young people to consider science, technology and engineering subjects. Its events feature leading scientists, engineers and technologists, who showcase leading edge technology in exciting demonstrations and interactive displays […]

The future’s looking sustainable, thanks to the bright ideas of local Key Stage 3 students working with AWE graduates to mark World Environment Day on 5 June. Teams from six schools (Hurst Community College, Brighton Hill School, Park House School, Kennet School, Dove House School and Willink School gathered at the Hurst in Tadley to […]

The Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Public Information Regulations 2001 (REPPIR) require local authorities to prepare a detailed off-site emergency plan for use in the event of a radiation emergency. REPPIR establishes a framework of emergency planning and preparation to ensure that members of the public are properly informed and prepared, in advance, about what to […]

New Discovery is our flagship external publication showcasing the breadth of our work, our business and operations, and importantly our people. New Discovery is a twice-yearly publication. In this edition some of the main themes we cover are: *          Hosting world-class research*          Year of Engineering 2018*          Profiling our people*          Sixty years of collaboration*          Recognising our […]

Experimental physicist Francisco Suzuki Vidal blogs about his experience of undertaking experiments at AWE Orion. It has almost been precisely two years since I finished the very last of my experiments at Orion, one of the largest lasers in the world. Reminiscing my time at this unique scientific facility brings back fond memories of my experience […]

Kennet School students won this year’s AWE Girls in Engineering Challenge, narrowly beating last year’s winners, Little Heath School, into second place.

AWE was the proud winner of an OSPA for ‘Outstanding Event Security Team’ at the 2018 UK Outstanding Security Performance Awards. The OSPAs event took place at the Royal Lancaster in London earlier this month. Over 400 security professionals gathered to celebrate outstanding performance examples across the sector. The AWE team won their section for […]

AWE welcomes the announcement today (March 14th) of the Burghfield REPPIR off-site emergency planning area (EPA) by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

To mark International Women’s Day we are sharing the stories of some of the many inspirational women that work at AWE. Molly, a materials science graduate, tells her story – “I have always had a keen interest in science. However, my School’s head of science was pivotal in shaping this as a career option. Her […]

This National Apprenticeship Week, March 5-9, a working mum-of-three is hoping to inspire others

It’s a typical UK winter morning and I’m taking a short walk to assist with some thinking. There’s plenty of fresh air and green space around me here and given the size of the estate, I could easily walk for an hour and still be ‘at work’.

AWE has applied to the Environmental Agency to increase an environmental permit limit relating to the discharge of radioactive material.