Editing Sellafield (section)

===National Nuclear Laboratory headquarters===
The Central Laboratory at Sellafield is the headquarters of the [[National Nuclear Laboratory]] (NNL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nnl.co.uk/|title=National Nuclear Laboratory|website=nnl.co.uk|access-date=25 October 2021|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004224942/https://www.nnl.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> It supports newly built reactors, operation of reactors, operations of fuel processing plants and decommissioning and clean-up. The NNL's Central Laboratory can undertake a wide range of radioactive and non-radioactive experimental programmes.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

It undertakes a wide range of analytical services, with customers ranging from Government and the NDA to site licence companies, utilities, nuclear specialists and universities. Smaller experiments are undertaken at Sellafield and larger experiments and rigs are assembled off site, in non-radioactive areas prior to active testing in a radioactive setting.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}