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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: British scientific research laboratory
  • Also known as: “RAL”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and Diamond Light Source.

Industrial building
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The is a pulsed neutron and muon source, established 1984 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory of the Science and Technology Facilities Council, on the in , United Kingdom. is situated 770 feet northwest of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

Building
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is the UK's national synchrotron light source science facility located at the in . is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

Building
was a materials testing nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at in the . It used enriched uranium metal fuel, and heavy water as both neutron moderator and primary coolant. is situated 2,000 feet west of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chilton and West Ginge.

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is a village and civil parish in the district of , England, about 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of . The parish is a historic part of , though under the 1974 local government boundary changes was transferred to the administration of Oxfordshire.

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is a hamlet within the civil parish of in the county of , 3.9 miles by road to the southeast of . is immediately next to the hamlet of East Ginge, which is contained within the parish of . is situated 2 miles west of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

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is a village and civil parish about 4 miles east of in the and a similar distance west of . The village is on Brook, which flows from the Berkshire Downs to join the at . is situated 2 miles northwest of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Latitude
51.57084° or 51° 34′ 15″ north
Longitude
-1.31747° or 1° 19′ 3″ west
Operator
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Open location code
9C3WHMCM+82
Open­Street­Map ID
way 69870055
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­research_institute
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q45820
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Rutherford Appleton Laboratory” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “拉塞福－康普頓實驗室”
  • Chinese: “拉塞福-阿普頓實驗室”
  • Dutch: “Rutherford Appleton Laboratory”
  • Esperanto: “Rutherford Appleton Laboratory”
  • Finnish: “Rutherford Appleton Laboratory”
  • French: “Laboratoire Rutherford Appleton”
  • German: “RAL”
  • German: “Rutherford Appleton Laboratory”
  • Japanese: “RAL”
  • Japanese: “ラザフォード・アップルトン・ラボラトリー”
  • Japanese: “ラザフォード・アップルトン研究所”
  • Japanese: “ラザフォードアップルトン研究所”
  • Russian: “Лаборатория Резерфорда - Эплтона”
  • Russian: “Лаборатория Резерфорда — Эплтона”
  • Russian: “Лаборатория Резерфорда и Эплтона”
  • Spanish: “Rutherford Appleton Laboratory”

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Highlights include R112 Visitors Centre and RAL Recreational Society.

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