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Dr Walter Villanueva recently delivered a Keynote Lecture at the 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics,...
We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s CoSeC Impact Award.
Following a panel process, CoSeC have awarded the...
Madinka Bright Mweetwa attended the Reactor Physics Technical Forum 2026 which was organised by the Institute of Physics (IOP)....
Dr Walter Villanueva recently delivered a Keynote Lecture at the 15th International Topical Meeting on...
We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s CoSeC Impact Award.
Following a panel process,...
Letters to the Editor (The Times 20 August 2026)
Sir, we write to express our grave concern about the...
Madinka Bright Mweetwa attended the Reactor Physics Technical Forum 2026 which was organised by the Institute...
Congratulations to the following renewed appointments.
Dr Matthew Gilbert, Senior Process Development...
Published by Elsevier, Ceramics for Nuclear Applications marks a major milestone as Volume 25 in the...
It’s official! A massive congratulations to Dr. Sarah Vallely, PhD, who graduated from the Nuclear...
The first year cohort of NEF PhD Students visit Imperial College London to attended a series of lectures...
PhD students Danielle Praag, Josh Hobbins, Josh Hughes and Pranav Sabuji attended the NEF CDT Summer...
PhD Students Danielle Praag, Josh Hobbins, Josh Hughes and Pranav Sabuji from the NFI were given the...
Last week, we successfully delivered the trial run of our 1-week hands-on THOR Facility Training Course!
It...
Sandviken is a place I had never heard of, but upon being told that I was to attend a conference for...
Work has officially begun on the second building at the University’s Science Park, M-SParc, marking...
Our cohort were given the opportunity to visit DMM Wales for the chance to see a product being progressed...
The Medical Radionuclide Taskforce have announced on their Linked In Page the appointment of Professor...
Behind the secure gates of the AWE, our latest cohort; Ben Kendall, Cameron McFarlane, Jacob Taylor and...
The fourth edition of the European School on Nuclear Materials Science was an incredibly enriching and...
Following a landmark month for the NFI, which recently secured a £24M UKRI Doctoral Focal Award to launch...
The OSSFE 2026 Conference (Open Source Software for Fusion Energy) took place from March 10th to 12th,...
In February 2026, Yehor Yudin, Tom Griffiths and Cillian Cockrell from the NFI, Bangor University...
Professor Laurence Williams joins the NSAP meeting with the National Environment Agency in Singapore
Had a good session with members of the National Environment Agency Nuclear Safety Advisory Panel (NSAP)...
I recently attended the 50th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC),...
The third iteration of the Mechanistic Understanding of Zirconium Corrosion (MUZIC-3) consortium held...
The Nuclear Futures group at Bangor University will be hosting the Modelling in Nuclear Science and Engineering...
Five Nuclear Futures academics and students presented their research at TMS 2022. TMS aims to bring a...
The Nuclear Futures Institute will be hosting Materials for Nuclear Techologies: Challenges, Problems...
Last week (5th-7th July 2023), the Uranium Science international Conference was held at the Henry Royce...
The Annual Nuclear Futures Institute Report for 2024 / 2025 has been uploaded. This can be accessed by...
The Armourers & Brasiers’ Gauntlet Trust has a long-standing tradition of supporting education and...
In light of COVID-19, the MUZIC-3/MIDAS joint conference was hosted virtually between the 10th and 16th...
The MiNES (Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems) 2021 conference was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
From the 20th – 22nd of June 2022, the Nuclear Futures Institute hosted a three-day conference - The...
On the 21st January 2025, the School of Computer Science and Engineering held its first years PhD...
Bangor University awarded UKRI Doctoral Focal Award to launch £24M nuclear skills programme: PANDA
Bangor...
It was a pleasure to host Julianne Antrobus, CEO of the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and...
Last month the Deputy Secretary from the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment visited...
The Nuclear Futures Institute (NFI) at Bangor University has played a key role in supporting nuclear...
Professor Laurence G Williams OBE PBM FREng FLSW has been honoured with the Singapore Pingat Bakti Masyarakat...
Prof Roy Awbery has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), in recognition of...
At Bangor University’s Nuclear Futures Institute, we’re thrilled to celebrate a remarkable milestone...
The Nuclear Futures Institute are very pleased to announce TWO new publications written in collaboration...
The large-scale event, IYNC2020, held from March 8 to 13 in Sydney, brought together with representatives...
The Nuclear Futures Institute at Bangor is proud to be part of the Westinghouse led consortium tasked...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by the Welsh Government and theSizewell C Consortium....
Over the course of the recent months, the Nuclear Futures Institute of Bangor University have been rapidly...
Congratulations to Professor Bill Lee, Professor Andrew Sherry and all of the organisers who all were...
On May 10th - 11th, 2022, Bangor University\'s Nuclear Futures Institute (NFI) was proud to host the...
Prof. Bill Lee has recently gave an interview to Imperial College about his career so far. The article...
Simon Middleburgh was mentioned during a Parliamentary debate on medical Isotope production, this is...
Bangor University has a long and prosperous history with the Worshipful Company of Drapers that spans...
On Saturday, 25th March 2023, PhD students from the 3rd Cohort of the Nuclear Energy Futures Centre for...
On the 13th June Prof. Bill Lee (NFI co-director) contributed to the Royal Society of Chemistry\’s...
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new paper in Frontiers in Physics, co-authored by NFI...
At 10:20, 30th July 2023, Dr. Michael Rushton was invited to comment on energy security on Sky News as...
We would like to welcome our new academics in nuclear medicine to Bangor University. Dr. Mark Ogden and...
Bangor University\’s, Dr. Phylis Makurunje, Prof. Simon Middleburgh and David Williams were interviewed...
Prof Simon Middleburgh, co-director of the Nuclear Futures Institute at Bangor University, has been invited...
This position is no longer available however please take a look at our other student-opportunities here:
Student...
Last Saturday, Bangor University hosted a community day to engage with the City’s residents and showcase...
Dr Walter Villanueva attended the IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP) meeting on In-vessel Melt Retention...
We would like to congratulate Dr Mark Ogden who has recently co-authored an article around the Uptake...
On 14th November 2024, Simon Middleburgh features on BBC Radio Four\’s Inside Science (1:20). The...
As highlighted in the September/October 2024 issue of the Nuclear Institute\’s Nuclear Future magazine. The...
The Nuclear Futures Institute was pleased to take part in a visit from the Secretary of State for Wales, The...
Professor Laurence G Williams, Sêr Cymru Professor of nuclear policy and regulation at the Nuclear Futures...
Bangor University\’s Nuclear Futures Institute has made significant contribution to the House of...
The University of Bristol recently hosted this year’s Universities’ Nuclear Technology Forum (UNTF)....
Imperial College, and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, hosted its annual Great Exhibition...
Earlier this month, the Nuclear Futures Institute (NFI) had the privilege of hosting the annual technical...
The Nuclear Futures Institute would like to welcome our newest staff member, Brian Murcutt. Having worked...
Established in 2010 by the Worshipful Company of Drapers and Queen Mary University of London, the Drapers’...
CEA Cadarache, the largest energy research centre in Europe, and the International Thermonuclear Experimental...
From his meeting with the Welsh Affairs Committee, Professor Laurence Williams OBE FREng FLSW was set...
PDRA Opportunity in Fusion Power Plant Regulation
NFI is looking for a PDRA to deliver a project on the...
The Nuclear Futures Institute would like to congratulate Professor Laurence Williams OBE FREng FLSW who...
On the 7th March 2023, the World Nuclear News published an article on recent funding received by the...
Simon Middleburgh recently went on BBC Radio 5 Live on the Breakfast show to talk about the cleaner Nuclear...
Recently the Nuclear Futures Institute had a visit from the Welsh Secretary of State, and along with...
Following on from the success of the EESW (Engineering Education Scheme Wales) Girls in STEM day for...
On 13th December 2022 Simon Middleburgh appeared on the BBC News and also Radio Cymru explaining the...
On the 9th November 2022, volunteers from the NFI, along with other groups in the School of Computer...
The Nuclear Futures Institute’s professor of policy and regulation, Laurence Williams, took part in a...
PhD students Fabio Martini, Christopher Moore and Sarah Vallely recently returned to the office, after...
The Welsh Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry looking at Nuclear energy in Wales. It will consider...
Dr Michael Rushton has had his latest article published in Nature Index. The article is titled “Exploring...
Senior Lecturer Dr Michael Rushton appeared on prime-time Sky News on the 1st of September to discuss...
An interdisciplinary team led by Dr Anita Crompton and funded by NERC, has been investigating the feasibility...
A new member of staff
We are thrilled to have Sediqa Jalali joining our team as a clerical officer. Hailing...
The Bangor University Lead Loop for Erosion/corrosion Testing (BULLET) has been delivered to Bangor University,...
National Nuclear Laboratory and Bangor University sign MoU to boost new nuclear development in Wales
On 29 July 2022, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and Bangor University signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
This project would aim to investigate the feasibility of producing tritium on the industrial scale that...
Novel magnetoacoustic phenomena have been discovered in recent years, such as acoustic spin pumping and...
The Nuclear Futures Institute is pleased to highlight the publication of a recent research paper written...
The NFI Director, Professor Bill Lee, among six other Bangor academics have been elected to the Learned...
NSAN is a membership organisation led by nuclear sector employers, from both civil and defence, to provide...
On March 14, 2022, the CDT PhD students of cohort one and two from London Imperial College, Cambridge...
A new particle sizer is ready to use at the Nuclear Futures Institute of Bangor University! The Horiba...
Christopher Moore, a 2nd year PhD student with the Nuclear Futures Institute has published a paper titled...
Professor Bill Lee has been presented with the Wendell D. Weart Career Achievement Award. Bill was nominated...
A new research seminar series centred around STEM and Medicine has begun in Bangor University. The NFI\'s...