Nuclear Futures Institute

Home of an exceptional team at �鶹��ýӳ�� looking to advance nuclear technologies in North Wales.

Nuclear Futures Institute Prof. Bill Lee

"I am proud to lead an exceptional team looking to advance nuclear technologies in North Wales. Nuclear energy has played a key role in the region for many decades and the end of the Magnox era has opened up new opportunities, with two exceptional nuclear licensed sites – Wylfa and Trawsfynydd on our doorstep – and a rapidly growing industrial and academic resource at �鶹��ýӳ�� and our science park, M-SParc.

Since its inception in late 2017 – the Nuclear Futures Institute has built fabulous facilities that are being used by leading industry stakeholders to aid nuclear technology development. We are ready and open for business."

Co-Director of Nuclear Futures Institute

Professor Simon Middleburgh with Baroness Morgan of Ely, First Minister of Wales

Nuclear Futures Institute Prof. Simon Middleburgh

"We have built a set of exceptional facilities here at the Nuclear Futures Institute to inspire the next generation of subject matter experts and to drive forwards industrially relevant research. Our base here in Wales provides an excellent environment to deliver impactful research in sectors such as commercial fission, fusion power, space and defence.”

Co-Director of the Nuclear Futures Institute

Research Groups

Materials for Nuclear and Extreme Environments

Nuclear Medicine

Reactor Design and Thermal Hydraulics

Regulation and Policy

Facilities

BUFFF

�鶹��ýӳ�� Fuel Fabrication Facility

BUFFF will provide a first-of-a-kind, innovative platform that enables users to study the manufacture of ceramics including nuclear fuels and other nuclear materials.

BULLET

�鶹��ýӳ�� Lead Loop for Erosion Testing

BULLET is part of the Advanced Fuel Cycle programme (AFCP) with NNL to develop the UK’s first academic flowing Pb facility to test Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) materials and fuels.

MERLIN

Materials Energy Research Lab in Nuclear

MERLIN is our active materials labs with capability for working with uranium compounds. MERLIN is physically split into two areas of materials manufacture and characterisation.

THOR

Thermal-Hydraulics Open-access Research

THOR is a water Thermal-Hydraulics loop for open-access research and development at Menai Science Park (M-SParc). THOR will provide an accessible platform for collaboration partners and other interested parties.