Editing Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (section)

==Facilities==
The site hosts some of the UK's major scientific facilities, including:

* the [[ISIS neutron source|ISIS Neutron and Muon Source]] (1984), a [[spallation]] [[neutron source]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stfc.ukri.org/files/impact-publications/isis-neutron-and-muon-source-lifetime-impact-report/|title=ISIS Lifetime Impact Study|website=stfc.ukri.org|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1961/mar/14/nuclear-research-nimrod-proton | date = 14 March 1961 | title = Commons Hansard |publisher=[[House of Commons]] | work =[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |access-date=6 June 2009}}</ref>
* the [[Central Laser Facility]], providing access to large scale laser systems for researchers from the United Kingdom and other EU countries.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.clf.rl.ac.uk/ | date = April 2007 | title = Central Laser Facility |publisher= Science and Technology Facilities Council |access-date=2 November 2008}}</ref>
* the [[Diamond Light Source]] [[synchrotron]], which officially opened in January 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1999/nov/25/synchrotron | date = 25 November 1999| title = Hansard vol 339 c164W |website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]  |access-date=6 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/2000/apr/18/synchrotron | date = 18 April 2000| title = Hansard vol 348 c424W |website=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]  |access-date=6 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000523/text/00523w20.htm |date=23 May 2000 |website=Hansard |title=Written Answers for 23 May 2000 |access-date=6 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605032501/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000523/text/00523w20.htm |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>

Also hosted are:
* [https://www.msc.stfc.ac.uk/index.cfml National Microelectronics Support Centre (MSC)]
* [[National Grid Service|NGS]] UK national academic computing grid
* [[GridPP]]'s Tier1 computing centre
* Energy Research Unit<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk/  | date = 23 June 2005 | title = Energy Research Unit |publisher=Science and Technology Facilities Council |access-date=2 November 2008}}</ref>
* various other resources and services in [[microelectronics]], [[atmospheric science]]s, [[spectroscopy]] and [[renewable energy]] research.