Daresbury Laboratory: nuclear structure research tower
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Daresbury Laboratory: nuclear structure research tower
Image: © S Parish Taken: 19 Oct 2005
Dating from the 1970s, this tower was mothballed in 1993, but is now being used for research into the "fourth generation light source". This follows the Government's decision to site the third generation Diamond Synchrotron facility in Oxfordshire.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.343079
Longitude
-2.639804