National Nuclear Laboratory

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory

Company type	State-owned limited company
Industry	Nuclear services and technology
Predecessor	Nexia Solutions
Founded	23 July 2008
Headquarters	Chadwick House, Birchwood Park, Warrington, United Kingdom
Number of locations	Central Laboratory Windscale Laboratory Workington Laboratory Preston Laboratory Labordy Niwclear Cenedlaethol, Anglesey Chadwick House, Warrington Culham Centre for Fusion Energy Stonehouse
Key people	Prof. Paul Howarth (chief executive officer)
Owner	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Number of employees	approx 800
Parent	NNL Holdings Limited
Divisions	Waste Management and Decommissioning Fuel Cycle Solutions Reactor Operations Support
Website	uknnl.com

The United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL, formerly National Nuclear Laboratory and earlier Nexia Solutions) is a UK government owned and operated nuclear services technology provider covering the whole of the nuclear fuel cycle. It is fully customer-funded and operates at six locations in the United Kingdom. Its customers have included the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Sellafield Ltd, Westinghouse, the Health and Safety Executive, the Ministry of Defence, the UK Atomic Energy Authority, VT Nuclear and British Energy. It also has links with academia, including collaborative agreements on waste immobilisation and disposal with the University of Sheffield and on nuclear materials research with the University of Manchester.^[1]