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Online seminar series
'Making the unknown knowable' explored the ways in which the unknown is rendered knowable by a wide range of actors in a multitude of contexts.
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Mini-lecture series
Three new mini-lectures exploring 'Nuclear Science and Engineering as Social Practice' from Petra Tjitske Kalshoven, Penny Harvey and Başak Sarac̣-Lesavre.
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PhD bursary call for social research into geological disposal
Radioactive Waste Management Research Support Office announces first PhD bursary call
Social research is key focus for new geological disposal research support office
£2.5m collaborative venture is launched to support research into safe geological disposal
Our focus
As a collaborative, cross-disciplinary research network, the Beam will foster a new engagement between the nuclear sciences and social research.
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Research projects
We are always seeking out new projects and collaborators in both academia and industry, and share the relevant activities of other groups as well as our own.
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Latest blog posts
The nuclear family – a reflection on core concepts
Core concepts of social life are reinvented or reinforced during Covid-19.
Exploring Sellafield’s limitless future
Petra reflects on the workshops held to invigorate the discussion of possible end-states for the Sellafield site by the year 2140.