Editing Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (section)

{{Short description|British scientific research laboratory}}
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{{Infobox laboratory
|name             = Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
|image            = RutherfordAppletonLaboratoryAerial.jpg
|image_upright    = 1.15
|caption          = Aerial view of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
|established      = {{Start date|1957}}
|lab_type         = National scientific research laboratory
|budget           = 
|research_field   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Applied science]]
* [[Fundamental science]]
}}
|director         = 
|staff            = 1,200
|city             = [[Chilton, Oxfordshire|Chilton]], Oxfordshire
|country          = England
|location_map     = Oxfordshire
|coordinates      = {{coord|51|34|24|N|1|18|53|W|region:GB-OXF_type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=inline.title}}
|operating_agency = [[Science and Technology Facilities Council|Science and Technology <br />Facilities Council]]
|website          = {{URL|https://www.ukri.org/about-us/stfc/locations/rutherford-appleton-laboratory/}}
}}

The '''Rutherford Appleton Laboratory''' ('''RAL''') is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the [[Science and Technology Facilities Council]] (STFC).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stfc.ac.uk/ | date = 23 June 2005 | title = Science and Technology Facilities Council |publisher=Science and Technology Facilities Council |access-date=2 November 2008}}</ref> It began as the '''Rutherford High Energy Laboratory''', merged with the [[Atlas Computer Laboratory]] in 1975 to create the '''Rutherford Lab'''; then in 1979 with the [[Appleton Laboratory]] to form the current laboratory.

It is located on the [[Harwell Science and Innovation Campus]] at [[Chilton, Oxfordshire|Chilton]] near [[Didcot]] in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It has a staff of approximately 1,200 people who support the work of over 10,000 scientists and engineers, chiefly from the university research community. The laboratory's programme is designed to deliver trained manpower and economic growth for the UK as the result of achievements in science.