The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) was established in 1954 as a statutory corporation to oversee and pioneer the development of nuclear energy within the United Kingdom. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ...

The Authority made pioneering developments in nuclear power, overseeing the peaceful development of nuclear technology and performing much scientific research.

In the late 1980s, UKAEA was put into 'trading fund' mode, where it was required to act and account as though it were a commercial enterprise. In the 1990s the Authority was split, with the more commercial parts transferred into a public company AEA Technology, which was then floated on the London Stock Exchange, while the parts directly related to nuclear liabilities that would need decommissioning were retained. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... AEA Technology plc was formed in 1996 as the privatised offshoot of the UKAEA. Originally consisting of divisions with expertise in nuclear safety, nuclear engineering, and environmental protection, it was a contractor organisation for UKAEA and other governmental customers. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...

Its modern role is to decommission nuclear facilities used for the UK's research and development program and restore the environment of the sites. Since the early 1990s UKAEA has completed more decommissioning work than anyone in Europe, and has had considerable success in regenerating former nuclear sites for commercial use.

UKAEA also operates UK and European fusion power research programs at Culham in Oxfordshire, including the world's most powerful fusion device, the Joint European Torus. The research aims to develop fusion as a commercially viable, environmentally sound energy source for the future. The Sun is a natural fusion reactor. ... Culham is a village on the north bank of the River Thames near Abingdon in southern Oxfordshire. ... Split image of JET with right side showing hot plasma during a shot. ...

UKAEA site locations:

• Dounreay
• Windscale
• Risley, Warrington
• Harwell
• Culham
• Winfrith

The UKAEA is funded mainly by the Department of Trade and Industry. Dounreay (Ordnance Survey grid reference NC982669) is primarily a ruinous castle on the coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. ... Sellafield aerial view. ... Risley is a neighbourhood in the northeast corner of Warrington. ... Harwell may refer to: Harwell - a village in Oxfordshire RAF Harwell - a World War II RAF airfield Harwell Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, the site of Europes first nuclear reactor. ... Culham is a village on the north bank of the River Thames near Abingdon in southern Oxfordshire. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ...

Board

Lady Barbara Thomas Judge (chair) Lady Barbara Thomas Judge is the chair of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and chair of the Governing Body of the School of Oriental and African Studies. ...

See also

• Atomic Energy Research Establishment
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• BNFL
• UK topics

The Atomic Energy Research Establishment near Harwell, Oxfordshire was the main centre for atomic energy research and development in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1990s. ... The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a public body of the United Kingdom formed by the Energy Act, 2004. ... BNFLs 18 UK sites BNFL, British Nuclear Fuels plc, is an international company, owned by the British government, concerned with nuclear power. ... This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• Official website
• UKAEA Fusion
• UKAEA History — The First Fifty Years