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3 unusual facts about Daresbury Laboratory


Arthur Dooley

Other notable works are the fifteen Stations of the Cross in St Mary's RC Church, Leyland, and a sculpture entitled 'Splitting the Atom' (depicting the creation of the atomic bomb) at Daresbury Laboratory, Cheshire.

Daresbury Laboratory

Arthur Dooley The Laboratory has a piece 'Splitting of the Atom', unveiled in 1971 constructed from magnetic steel and two 37 inch pole tips taken from the first cyclotron to operate outside the USA.

HPCx, a supercomputer (closed, replaced by the current UK national supercomputing service, HECToR, based in Edinburgh).



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