6 Sept (NucNet): The University of Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute will officially open a “world-leading academic research facility” for nuclear energy in northwest England today.
The Dalton Cumbrian Facility (DCF) is a new research base established with an initial joint investment of 20 million pounds (23 million euros, 31 million US dollars) by the university and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
The university said the DCF is designed to complement and significantly expand the nuclear research and education capability of the UK’s nuclear R&D sector. The overall aims of the facility are the delivery of world-leading nuclear research and the transfer of knowledge to industry.
